The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria,FAAN said that former First lady patience Jonathan was not denied access to the Use of the VIP lounge as been circulated in the media.
The FAAN in a statement described it as misleading and mischievous, stressing that the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan was not denied access to “the VIP lounge at the Port Harcourt International Airport on July 27, 2015.”
The authority said what the security did was to stop her convoy from gaining access to the tarmac were her airplane was parked.and it was explained to her security that they were only abiding to international safety Standard.
FAAN said, “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, strictly for safety reasons, as prescribed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Our security officials explained this fact to details of the former First Lady.
“We wish to recall that former President Goodluck Jonathan, in his recent trips from the same airport, had had to walk to the aircraft from the protocol lounge, in recognition of this ICAO regulation.”
It said, “We wish to state that no such thing happened as Dame Jonathan, like other family members of former Presidents and other designated principal officers of government, are officially entitled to the usage of airport VIP and protocol lounges under the management of FAAN.”
According to FAAN,family member of Former President are entitled to used VIP lounge,that Mrs Jonathan was not denied of it.
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