"Gov Udom Is beaming Akwa ibom To The World With The Permanent Terminal BuildingÔÇØ - Akwa ibom Info Boss

The Commissioner for Information, Sir Charles Udoh, who is currently undertaking on-the-spot tour of government projects, stated this in Uyo, while reacting to the economic benefits of the Permanent Terminal Building, after an inspection tour of the project by the State Government Information Management Team.

Sir Charles Udoh said with the components of the terminal building and indeed facilities put in place at the entire complex, Akwa Ibom State will not only benefit from increased Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, with the huge volume of income that will accrue from the different business transactions within the complex, but also from the Maintenance, Repairs and Overhauling, MRO, operations as well as from Cargo handling.

Emphasizing that, the Victor Attah International Airport towers high above other Airports in Nigeria due to its enviable location and proximity to West African Countries, the Information Boss said, facilities put in place are of International standard, including: a digital self check-in by a Robot, which is COVID-19 compliance as well as handy shopping malls, restaurants and banking booths.

Sir Udoh said, there is also a health bay designed to serve as an Isolation centre in event of any suspected case of COVID-19 or any other related infections among travelers, disclosing that, the Permanent Terminal Building was designed by experts from Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States and Turkey to give end users a touch or feel of what is tenable in airports in developed climes such as the Arab Emirates of Dubai.

The State Spokesman said, with a special roofing sheet capable of lasting up to 200 years without any colour change, the world class building which is nearing completion, with work now at the second floor of the 3-storey building has a pressure sensitive escalator, automated entry pass, such as finger print digital pass and computerized card pass.

He stated that, in order to ensure ease of movement, the building is fitted with 4 escalators, 7 lifts and staircases while strict safety apparatuses have been put in place with Four different fire prevention facilities including: fire extinguishers, fire water sprinkler system, fire detectors, heat, smoke and temperature detectors as well as FM200, an automated fire fighting powder system.