The Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, suffered three power outages in less than one hour on Monday on Monday night, an authoritative report have revealed.
MMIA Lagos
There were dissapointments and complaints from Nigerians and foreigners alike who were travelling out of the country on Monday night as the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, suffered three power outages in less than one hour.
According to
TheCable News, the outages, which occurred between 9:15pm and 9:42pm, lasted an average of two minutes each as officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) made jest of the state of power at the airport.
During last night's blackout in Lagos airport
Speaking to a correspondent, a woman on a trip to London, said: “Naija, when this country go change“.
Another man jested alongside, pointing to Nigerians on an immigration queue and saying: “See your country?”
The duo were interjected by the immigration officer, who said: “Madam, watch what you say, else we would make you go through what we go through everyday”.
British Airways Lamp for outages
It was gathered that
power outages at the airport look to have become a regular occurrence, with British Airways procuring a rechargeable lamp to keep skeletal services going at moments like this.
Recall that the airport had recorded at least
two blackouts in the past month, with stakeholders complaining and calling for an emergency in the aviation sector.