The Lagos airport – whether local or international – is the busiest in Nigeria and one of the busiest Africa. If you ply the Lagos airport often, Jumia Travel gathers some of the struggles you can readily relate with.
- Epileptic power supply
You can only imagine the disgust when you arrive in your country and everywhere is dark. It is a rude welcome to Nigeria. The reason for this? The power grid of the airport has shut down. Some people will not be surprised by this because beyond the airport, electricity is unstable in most parts of the country. The intermittent power outage at the Lagos airport is the height of embarrassment and you may have to use torchlight to taxi your way through the airport.
- Fanning yourself
Due to poor ventilation and lack of adequate air conditioners, you have to provide air by fanning yourself.
- Officials openly asking for alms
The different officials tasked with the responsibility of ensuring the airport function without any hitches are the ones who use underhand ways to collect alms from travelers. While some greet you excessively, others ask you pointedly to offer them something.
- Spending hours to get cleared
With recurring power outages, you have to spend hours being cleared by the different regulatory agencies at the airport. And there are many of them. Their services are very slow when there is power you can only imagine how it will look like when there is no power. It is worse when you still have to fan yourself through this harrowing ordeal.
- Ambush by taxi drivers
Travelers who have no one to pick them up at the airport are at the mercy of taxi drivers or individuals scavenging for persons who may need their services. As you are leaving the arrival lounge, their voices will be the next you hear. The disorderly manner with which they ambush travelers is often a cause for concern.
Contributed by Adeniyi Ogunfowoke, PR Associate, Jumia Travel
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