5 Struggles Nigerians Who Use the Lagos Airport Will Understand
The
Lagos airport whether local or international is one of the busiest in
Nigeria and arguably in Africa. The airport which is supposed to
highlight Nigeria’s history, culture and tourism to both local and
international travellers is a shadow of itself. How? When you arrive
Nigeria, there should be available information about our history, way of
life,
choice destinations to visit and best hotels to stay.
Unfortunately nothing! The airport is a microcosm of the larger
Nigerian society where government services are barely up to scratch.
Even with the concession of the airport, it hasn’t changed its fortunes.
So, if you ply the Lagos airport often, Jumia Travel gathers some of
the struggles you can readily relate with. This is to encourage the
government to fix the Lagos airport to meet international standards
because it is Nigeria’s window to the world.
Epileptic power supply
You
can only imagine the disgust when you arrive in your country and
everywhere is dark. It is a rude welcome to Nigeria. The reason for
this? The power grid of the airport has shut down. Some people will not
be surprised by this because beyond the airport, electricity is
unstable. The intermittent power outage at the Lagos airport is the
height of embarrassment to use torchlight to taxi your way through the
airport. There should be nothing like power interruption at any airport
in Nigeria let alone Lagos airport.
Fanning yourself
Due to poor ventilation and absence of enough air conditioners, you have to provide air by fanning yourself.
Officials asking for tips
The
different officials tasked with the responsibility of ensuring the
airport function without any hitches are the ones who use underhand ways
to collect tips from travellers. While some greet you excessively,
others ask you pointedly to offer them something.
Spending hours to be cleared
With
recurring power outages, you have to spend hours being cleared by the
different regulatory agencies at the airport. And there are many of
them. Their services are very slow when there is power. You can only
imagine how their services will look like when there is no power. It is
worse when you still have to fan yourself through this harrowing ordeal.
Ambush by Taxi drivers
For
travellers who have no one to pick them up at the airport, they are at
the mercy of taxi drivers or individuals scavenging for persons who may
need their services. As you are leaving the arrival lounge, their voices
will be the next you hear. The disorderly manner they ambush travellers who have just arrived is the problem.
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