Court grills FAAN over Toll Gate Revenue since 2015

By Felix Kuyinu

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, to make account for revenue made from till gates and packing lots in federal government owned airports across the country and how much was remitted from January 2015 to date.

The court sitting, presided by Justice Ibrahim Kala, ruled that FAAN’s refusal to reveal generated revenue during the time is a violation of the 2011 Freedom of Information Act.

Justice Kala also ordered FAAN to provide details of the revenue to a public interest applicant, the Registered Trustees of the Centre for Law & Civil Culture, giving the agency three months to comply with the order in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1086/2022.

The judge ruled, “It is hereby declared that the refusal and failure of the respondents to accede to the Applicant’s freedom of information requests dated 24/8/2021, 6/10/2021 and 22/4/2022 requesting to know the total annual generated revenue from the toll gates and parking lots in each of the Federal Government owned Airports across the Federal Republic of Nigeria since 2015 till date is a gross violation of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011.”

“An order of mandamus is, hereby, granted compelling the Respondent to avail the Applicant with the details of the statement of the accounts showing the total annual generated revenue from the toll gates and parking lots in each of the Federal Government owned Airports across the Federal Republic of Nigeria and evidence of yearly remittance of such sum so generated per year from January 2015 to January 2024 within a period of three months from today.”