April 02, (THEWILL) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has attributed the power outage at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, to fierce winds and storms, which came as a result of heavy rain.
Ag.General Manager, Public Affairs of FAAN, Faithful Hope-Ivbazea, in a statement issued on Saturday, said the natural occurrence affected one of its feeders, and consequently resulted in the temporary disruption of power supply at the D wing of the airport.
She disclosed that FAAN engineers quickly discovered the fault, and liaised with the Ejigbo duty/area control office of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and together resolved the problem.
Stating that normalcy had since been restored in the affected area, Hope-Ivbazea said “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) wishes to apologise to passengers and other airport users that witnessed a temporary power outage at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 2315hours on Friday, April 1, 2021.
“The outage, which was as a result of yesterday’s rain, that came with very fierce winds and storms, a natural occurrence, affected one of our feeders, and consequently resulted in the temporary disruption of power supply at the D wing of the airport.”
“However, our engineers quickly discovered the fault, and liaised with the Ejigbo duty/area control office of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and together resolved the problem. Normalcy has since been restored at the affected area.”
Anthony Awunor, is a business correspondent who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics (UNILAG). He is also an alumnus of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria Kaduna State. He lives in Lagos.
