To reposition Akwa Ibom as an aviation hub in Africa, a new international terminal building with intelligence and smart building standard is underway.
Its features will make it the best African airport terminal when completed. They features are:
1.digital self check-in by a robot pre-planned before Covid-19
2. Five bridges, staircases and seven lifts.
3. Four escalators, pressure sensitive and only move when a passenger is detected.
4. Special roof that can last up to 200 years without changing colour, was conceptualized for the project.
5. Very high security architecture .
6.Finger print digital pass or card pass.
7. A sick bay and staff lodge.
8. Four methods of fire prevention: fire extinguishers, fire water sprinkler system, fire detectors, FM 200 ie automated fire suppression system.
9.To accommodate one million passengers per year
10. Occupies a total area of about 30,000 square meters.
Ongoing construction
With the ongoing international terminal building that will be completed in December next year, the second runway and other facilities, there is a deliberate reinvention of the aviation story in the State.
Watch some pictures below..
Sign of a serious government, time bound projects not more than 1 year…… Meanwhile, it’s taking some people 10 years to finish a 700 meters Onitsha second naija bridge……. No wahala