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FAAN intends
to catalyze the
development of (L-R) Kingsley Nwokoma, President, Association of Foreign Airlines and Representative in Nigeria; Amos Akpan,
MD, Flight & Logistics Solutions; Adigun Olaniyi, Director of Sales & Marketing, SAHCO; and Christopher Isaiah,
an implementable GM, Commercial, GHI Assets Limited at the Chinet Aviation and Cargo conference in Lagos, Nigeria
aviation cargo TAXES, CHARGES AND FEES in Nigeria’s air cargo system despite the
guideline that will HAMSTRING EXPORTS designation of 13 airports as cargo airports
help stakeholders Ene Doris, who exports kola nuts from by the government.
Nigeria, lamented the high charges and
understand and delays caused by multiplicity of government CARGO AIRPORTS WITHOUT
appreciate one agencies at the airports. Also, Kingsley CARGO
Nwokoma, President of Association of
Besides Nigeria’s main international
another’s role Foreign Airlines and Representatives airports in Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Port
in moving the Association of Nigeria, condemned the Harcourt and Enugu, there are hardly
bottlenecks and lack of transparency among
reliable cargo facilities in the rest of 22
cargo business several agencies at the airports that lead to airports owned by FAAN. There are also
from where it is delays and wastage of perishable exports. no dependable cargo facilities in several
Further, Bosun Solarin, a micro-scale
currently to where exporter and chairperson of the Export airports owned by states. Currently, some
state cargo airports are under construction
we would want it Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce without concrete plans and sources of
to be in the short and Industry (LCCI), decried the costs sustainable cargo traffic.
associated with registering products for
Martins Nwafor, the Managing Director
term, medium and export by the National Agency for Food of Anambra International Cargo Airport
to long term. and Drug Administration and Control under construction in Eastern Nigeria, and
RABIU YADUDU (NAFDAC) and other agencies. a former representative of Nigeria at ICAO,
FAAN The long list of challenges to be resolved said the airport is ready to partner with
boldly underlines the extent of inadequacy cargo consolidators and airlines to stimulate

administrative bottlenecks and the turn- International Air Cargo Statistics 2017-2021 Import & Export
around time in cargo facilitation.” (Goods and Mail Traffic) FAAN Statistics (DCBD)
Capt. Yadudu equally emphasized the CARGO (KG) 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
need to provide “optimal and modern EXPORT (GOODS) 57,851,266 25,603,468 23,779,038 16,094,365 29,066,626
cargo infrastructure and facilities,” while
addressing the lack of interest by local IMPORT (GOODS) 110,855,606 139,334,9311 148,269,602 131,376,073 188,747,766
airlines in domestic cargo operations” as SUB-TOTAL (GOODS) 168,706,874 164,938,399 178,048,640 147,470,438 217,814,392
well as “lack of adequate insurance coverage EXPORT:IMPORT
in the cargo facilitation, and lack of (GOODS) 34:66 16:84 14:86 11:89 13:87
adequate standardization and certification EXPORT (MAIL) 9,017,201 19,512,013 5,475,251 4,091,549 4,777,619
of cargo items, particularly farm produce,
among others. He also stressed the need for IMPORT (MAIL) 90,002,894 27,806,505 50,180,646 40,496,197 69,292,560
substandard packaging and automation of SUB-TOTAL (MAIL) 39,019595 47,318,513 55,625,908 44,587,786 74,010,178
cargo process in Nigeria. EXPORT-IMPORT
Ikechi Uko, organizer of the (MAILS) 23:77 41:59 10:90 9:91 6:94
cargo conference in Lagos, urged for GRAND TOTAL
collaboration between government (GOODS AND MAILS) 207,726,469 212,256,917 227,674,549 192,058,154 291,824,571
agencies, exporters and FAAN to improve PERCENTAGE (+/-) 2.2% INCREASE 7.3% INCREASE 15.6% INCREASE 52% INCREASE
aviation cargo in Nigeria.

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