Akwa Ibom Govt Reaffirms Commitment To Complete International Airport

Despite growing concerns over the economic challenges associated with the global pandemic, Governor Udom Emmanuel has reaffirmed his committed to the completion of major projects embarked upon for the well being of Akwa Ibom people.

One of these is the completion of a world class international terminal building and other innovations geared at repositioning Akwa Ibom as an aviation hub in Africa.

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Special Duties, Rt. Hon. Okpolupm Etteh gave the assurrances, during an inspection visit on work around the project site over the weekend.

According to a statement on Monday, the Commissioner explained that the new international terminal building is designed to meet the highest level of intelligence and smart building standard, and will match any of the internationally ranked airport terminals when completed.

He stated that ,”The security architecture is very high, there would be finger print digital pass or card pass, whether you are a passenger or staff.

“The facility will have four methods of fire prevention – fire extinguishers, fire water sprinkler system, fire detectors (heat, smoke and temperature detectors), FM 200 ie automated fire suppression system,” he said.

Etteh commended Governor Emmanuel’s foresightedness and sincerity, which accounted for the rapid progress of the project despite the pandemic, assuring that the facility would be ready on schedule.

Also speaking, the Project Manager, Onur Uzel, said the terminal building project has three floors and is designed to accommodate over one million passengers per year with a total area of construction of about 30,000 square meters.

He explained that there will be a digital self check-in by a robot pre-planned before Covid-19 and counter check-in as well with five bridges, staircases, seven lifts and four escalators, which are pressure sensitive and only move when a passenger is detected on it.

He also explained that a special roof that can last up to 200 years without changing its colour, was conceptualized for the project.

Uzel further said the facility comes with an automated system to check bag contents while the departure area will have outlets of an International Airport runway and would also have a sick bay and staff lodge.

The project manager maintained that the facility was designed by experts from Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States and Turkey.

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