Buhari commissions new international airport terminal in Lagos

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned a new terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, bringing to a close the project whose construction started close to 10 years ago.

The new MMIA Terminal, estimated to be worth over $100 million, is expected to handle 14 million passengers a year and comprises of a four-storey main terminal building, three-storey finger building, two-storey cargo terminal building, 82,925sqm apron, and external and ancillary works.

It also has 66 sets of check-in counters and six boarding bridges, five baggage collection carousels, 16 Immigration desks at arrival, 28 Immigration desks at departure, eight security screening points, two food courts and four premium lounges.

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Other facilities include 22 guest rooms and spa, 16 airline ticketing offices, visa on arrival and port health facility, as well as praying area, more than 3,000 square metres of duty-free space, approximately 5,000 square metres of lettable utility space, amongst others.

The terminal is one of five being built in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu, in a bilateral arrangement between Nigeria and China.

The ones in Abuja and Port Harcourt have been completed and commissioned already, while that of Kano has been completed and will soon be commissioned. It is built on a land mass of approximately 56,000 square metres and expected to generate about 3,000 direct and indirect employment for Nigerians, as well as enhance passenger facilitation and comfort at the Lagos airport.