The minister of aviation, Keyamo, is organizing steps to stop extortion and touting at international airports in coordination with other government agencies.
Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation and aerospace development, expressed regret on Sunday over the high incidence of extortion and touting at the nation’s international airports and announced that the ministry would soon release actionable measures to stop the trend.
Keyamo bemoaned that both circumstances were presenting a bad picture of Nigeria and that he had received several complaints from Nigerians about them.
According to him, “Just to set the records straight, most of the agencies involved in this menace are not under the control of the Aviation Ministry, though they are stationed at our airports.
“However, I have been working closely with other ministers, arms of government and agencies who are responsible for these agencies and a solution is in sight soon.
“We are all working under the coordination of the National Security Adviser who called a meeting a few days ago on this issue and we shall soon unveil practical steps being taken to stem this ugly tide. We thank Nigerians for their eternal vigilance on this issue.”
Keyamo, who registered his displeasure over the development in a post on X, formerly Twitter, added: “I have received several complaints about the menace of begging and extortion at our international airports by a few unscrupulous persons who give all of us a bad image.
“My phones are beeping every minute with messages about this from well-meaning Nigerians. We shall soon unveil practical steps being taken to stem this ugly tide. We thank Nigerians for their eternal vigilance on this issue.”
