Lagos – The Federal Airports Authority
of Nigeria (FAAN) on Tuesday said that it never denied Dame Patience Jonathan,
the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, access to the VIP’s lounge at
the Port Harcourt International Airport.
FAAN’s denial is contained in a
statement issued by Mr Yakubu Dati, its General Manager, Corporate Affairs.
The statement said the news report
of the incident which allegedly occurred on July 27 in the social media was
misleading and mischievous.
“We wish to state that no such thing
happened as Dame Patience Jonathan, like other family members of former
Presidents and other designated principal officers of Government, are
officially entitled to the use of airports’ VIP and protocol lounges under the
management of FAAN.
“The Authority holds the former
First Lady in high esteem, being the wife of our former President and,
therefore, could not have done anything that would suggest disrespect for her
person,” it said.
According to the statement, the
former first lady’s convoy was only denied access to the foot of the aircraft
during boarding formalities at the airport in line with international aviation
best practices.
It said this was strictly for safety
reasons as prescribed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
The statement said: “Our security
officials explained this fact in detail to the former first lady.
“We wish to recall that former
President Goodluck Jonathan in his recent trips from the same airport, had to
walk to the aircraft from the protocol lounge, in recognition of this ICAO
regulation.” (NAN)
Lagos
– The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Tuesday said that
it never denied Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President
Goodluck Jonathan, access to the VIP’s lounge at the Port Harcourt
International Airport.
FAAN’s denial is contained in a statement issued by Mr Yakubu Dati, its General Manager, Corporate Affairs.
The statement said the news report of the incident which allegedly occurred on July 27 in the social media was misleading and mischievous.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/we-never-denied-dame-patience-jonathan-access-to-vips-lounge-at-airport-faan/#sthash.oHV25zEq.dpuf
FAAN’s denial is contained in a statement issued by Mr Yakubu Dati, its General Manager, Corporate Affairs.
The statement said the news report of the incident which allegedly occurred on July 27 in the social media was misleading and mischievous.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/we-never-denied-dame-patience-jonathan-access-to-vips-lounge-at-airport-faan/#sthash.oHV25zEq.dpuf
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