FAAN Condemns Governor Fintiri, 8 Others Over Alleged Flagrant Abuse Of COVID19 Directives

The Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has condemned the conduct of  Adamawa State, Governor, Alhaji Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri and his aides over   alleged flagrant refusal to observe directives of the Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on #COVID19 .

 

 

FAAN , in a statement on Thursday,  noted that the governor and his aides refused temperature checked and  being sanitised by the health officials.

 

 

The aviation agency of the Federal Government noted that the irresponsible act endangers all other airport users, saying that it is unacceptable, and as such it has also been duly escalated.

 

 

 

 

The statement reads:” The Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) hereby strongly condemns the conduct of the Governor of Adamawa state Alh Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, who arrived Port Harcourt international Airport aboard aircraft 5N-IZY, at 17:08 hrs on 14th July 2020 ,  with 8 others, and who flagrantly refused to observe the Airport Security and Public Health protocols as directed by the Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on #COVID19 by refusing to have his temperature checked, or being sanitised by the health officials.

 

“His whole entourage of 8 did exactly as he did. The team that came to receive them drove right through the barricades up to the terminal building ignoring traffic  and Aviation Security instructions.

 

 

According to FAAN :”This irresponsible act endangers all other airport users, it is unacceptable, and as such it has also been duly escalated.

 

 

FAAN hereby cautions all airport users, especially our esteemed VIPs , to please respect the Presidential directive by observing  airport Security and Public Health travel protocols put in place to protect all air travellers against acts of unlawful interference,  infection and the spread of the covid-19 pandemic.