The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has defended the action it took to demolish some structures sitting on illegally acquired land belonging to the authority.
It noted that contrary to erroneous information or deliberate misinformation by some persons, the agency disclosed that the recent demolition of 13 houses posed grave dangers to the operations of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Spokeswoman for the agency, Mrs. Faithful Hope- Ivbaze stated that the area of land presently housing the airport was acquired for public use by the Federal Government through the Lands Acquisition Ordinance by FGN Official Gazettes in 1944, 1972, and 1975 respectively.
Sometime in 2000, the authority noticed some encroachments within its Buhari excludes Finance ministry from TSA, inclusion of Power minister in council acquired land in Lagos, and a committee was set up to investigate and compel those encroaching to cease and desist from such actions.
