The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has moved swiftly to restore electricity to some sections of the International Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos following a power outage yesterday. Yakubu Dati, general manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, said a team of engineers has since rectified the problem and power has been restored at the airport.

He said preliminary investigation revealed that the outage was caused by power surge from the power line supplying MMA and surrounding communities. “After restoring power to the affected parts of the terminal, our engineers mobilized immediately to trace affected equipment and assess the levels of damage to them. We wish to state that flight schedules at the terminal were not affected by this outage, as efforts were made by our Operations Directorate to ensure that passenger facilitation was not unduly hampered. The Authority regrets any inconvenience the said outage caused our passengers, airliners and other airport users,” said Dati.