The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of 3.2 billion naira for the purchase of baggage scanner machines in five international airports in Nigeria.

This was confirmed by the Minister for Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo on Tuesday while speaking on Arise TV.

Keyamo said this is in an effort to address the issue of multiple baggage search checks by different security agencies in international airports in the country.

“Since I came to office, we have been inundated with complaints of harrowing experience, experiences that passengers go through at the Airport, where they have to physically search their bags, and sure you all know about that,” Keyamo said.

“It has been really getting under the skin of Nigerians, you see various agencies lined up, NDLEA says open your bag, Immigration says open your bag, Customs says open your bag, EFCC says open your bag, and they will be dipping their hands in your bags.

“We thought we should do something like you have the TSA in America where you have detection machines so when they pass your bags through the machines, it detects explosives or any other thing and that is the end of the search.”

Keyamo said as such, the FEC has approved the award of contract for the supply and installation of customized explosive and narcotic detection screening systems with remote and dual view for the International airports in Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu.
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