The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has apologized to travelers and other airport users who were inconvenienced by a brief power outage at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Friday.
According to FAAN’s Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Faithful A. Hope-Ivbaze (Mrs.), the outage was caused by Friday’s rain, which was accompanied by very strong winds and storms.
WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that passengers were on Saturday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos after a power outage hit a section of the airport.
It was learnt that the departure lounge of the International Airport was the most affected on Saturday.
Reacting, Ivbaze said the natural occurrence affected one of the feeders and consequently resulted in the temporary disruption of power supply to the D wing of the airport.
She added that power has since been restored.
“However, our engineers quickly discovered the fault and liaised with the Ejigbo duty/area control office of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria to resolve the problem. Normalcy has since been restored in the affected area.
“FAAN is Committed to our core values of Safety, Security and Comfort.”