Fidelity bank has funded the biggest multi-layer purpose built car park at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
This is as the Seymour Aviation Limited partnered with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to launch the project.
Speaking during the commissioning of the edifice, Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), who commissioned the edifice, said the facility is long overdue and also timely as “it will improve passenger facilitation and reduce the menace of indiscriminate parking within and around the airport”.
He added that “the project is one of the numerous partnerships FAAN has, and is exploring to improve the infrastructural developments at our airports”.
The MD who was represented by Salisu Daura, the Executive Director of FAAN in charge of Engineering Service, explained that the “event is a testament of a Public Private Partnership with FAAN and Seymour Aviation Limited.
“The facility which is being commissioned today is a six level car park facility of 1300 cars parking capacity built on a land measuring 9119.969m2, with a 30 years tenure”.
Applauding the commitment of the management of FAAN and Fidelity bank (financiers of the project) in seeing to the completion of the project, he stated that “this event wouldn’t have been possible without the cooperation of FAAN personnel and financial support of Fidelity bank Plc”.
Also speaking Balarabe Mohammed, the deputy managing director of Fidelity bank Plc, stated that his company’s involvement in the financing of the project is “in line with our general philosophy that whatever we do, we must touch the lives of people”, just as he added that the bank will continue to support developmental projects.
Car parking in the facility costs N500 and N600 per hour respectively for cars and SUVs respectively, while additional parking hour attracts N100 only. It costs N1000 for buses and N200 for additional hour. However, you must be very careful with your parking ticket as loss of ticket attracts a penalty of N5000 plus payment for time used.
Francis Ikenga, Managing Director of Seymour Aviation Limited, said “the multi-level car park was conceived as part of our corporate aim of supporting FAAN’s objectives of making MMA a hub for the West African aviation industry and destination of choice to airport service providers and end users”.
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