FAAN pays concessionaires N35.9m monthly to clean Lagos airport
Despite the N35.9 million it pays monthly to clean the Lagos airport, the airport toilets and other areas still stink.
Document made available to New Telegraph shows that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) pays N35, 993,244.16 to 40 concessionaires monthly for the cleaning of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos alone. Investigation also shows that the 40 cleaning companies are placed in different locations within the airport. But, despite the regular payment to the companies, the entire airport facilities are still in a mess.
For instance, the toilet facilities at the international wing of the airport have collapsed completely with pervasive odour oozing out from the terminal, especially the departure lounge. Most of the passengers at the departure lounge were seen complaining of the offensive odour while others covered their nostrils with handkerchiefs. Emmanpop Ventures is the major concessionaire of FAAN, as the company alone draws N24,133,224 monthly from the coffers of the agency for cleaning the tarmac.
Also, for collecting refuse at the airport, Guesstimate Enterprises gets N5.4 million from the agency; Patovilki Industrial Planner Ltd gets N1,580,000 monthly from FAAN for cleaning of the toilets at the terminal and cleaning of the terminal floor; Southern Technical System Limited draws N970,000 from FAAN; Bismak Investment Nigeria Limited gets N400,000 for cleaning the car parks and outside the MMIA terminal.
Others are Primrose Enterprises Limited, which is responsible for the cleaning of the arrival lobby (extension), N600,000; Pesticorp Associate, gets N570,000 for fumigation of the local airport; Duraclean Services Nigeria Limited receives N150,000 for cleaning of the basement at the international wing; Lenora Ventures for cleaning of a part of the Access Road, N150,000; Rash Tech Services, N130,000 for cleaning of DTI car park; Pace Nigeria Enterprises with N130,000 and Rinol Enterprises, which gets N120,000 for cleaning MMIA cleaning. Others on the N100,000 monthly are Cleanway Ltd (fire station), Cue-Clean Limited, D & D Whyte Enterprises (Zone ABC roads); Mercedvin Enterprises (Personnel Yard and Access Road); Omakos Nigeria Enterprises (headquarters); Pacciro Nigeria Limited; Roatsland Services Limited, Yetofunk International Company (Transit Camp); and Zion Jetters Enterprises (Transit Camp).
Also, Chavan Limited gets N50,000 for (fumigation of fire station), Al-Atiq Nigeria Limited, N50,000; Bett-Geb & Company, N40,000; Denis Bromfield Limited, N90,000; Flopat Nigeria Limited, N75,000; Forom Nigeria Limited, N80,000; Ham-Talamas & Sons, N80,000; Ken Rogger Limited, N60,000; Mutega Enterprises, N60,000; Set- Fone Nigeria Limited, N65,000; Tat Nigeria Limited, N50,000; U.S. Umar Nigeria Limited, N40,000; Wood Debby Enterprises, N40,000 and Y & K Services Limited with another N40,000.
However, investigations revealed that most of the companies that received concessions for the airport cleaning belong to some top people in government, past ministers of aviation, past managing directors of FAAN, past directors in FAAN and several others who were given the concession as a form of compensation. A passenger to New York, Michael Dare, who passed through the airport, recently, had complained about the poor toilet facilities. He said: “It is unfortunate that we are in a country where nothing seems to work. I had to run away from using the toilet facility. In fact, all the facilities have broken down totally. The entire departure hall stinks and even a particular white man who wanted to ease himself could not do so. He shook his head for our country,” Dare said.
Source: newtelegraphonline.com
