Guys read that statement carefully, this people think they can play with our intelligence. They keep repeating that passengers are free to be “dropped-off” by any means they chose but are VERY SILENT on “Pick-up” which is the bone of contention here!!!

Guys be wise until they address this issue fully.

Am sure it's all those kabu kabu that pulling all this stunt

pawesome:
So some group of miscreants decided to put billboard abi...weldone

that's the issue here. She didn't tell us who were the people who put up that sign post in the first place.

If what she said is true, then those people who put up that signal are very wrong and should be punished. It's that simple.

Great news... It would have affected me more.

I suspect the Airport Taxi drivers are behind this. Uber, Taxify and co are really punching them hard and instead of them to conform with modern times, they sit and hang around the airport doing nothing.

fujirice:
Guys read that statement carefully, this people think they can play with our intelligence. They keep repeating that passengers are free to be “dropped-off” by any means they chose but are VERY SILENT on “Pick-up” which is the bone of contention here!!!

Guys be wise until they address this issue fully.

That was true of their first statement, it's not true of this statement. Go back to the first post in this thread and read the sentence in bold. It reads:

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says passengers are free to use whatever means of transportation they deem fit to arrive or depart the airports across the country.

maynation:

That?

FAAN and Airport cab drivers work hand in hand to extort people with outrageous fares, the policy is from FAAN(even if they deny it), as an Uber driver once told me to play along if asked by any Airport secuirities or officials and tell them we are friends..

what Uber would charge you 6k for airport cab would start at 15k-20k

So who put up the billboard and why is it still standing there at the airport?

Good development. Government must think of viability of alternatives before banning.

Not new. At abuja airport uber and taxify can't pick up passengers

Autojosh and fake news

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naptu2:


That was true of their first statement, it's not true of this statement. Go back to the first post in this thread and read the sentence in bold. It reads:

I read their response on Twitter that yesterday. That was why I even opened this thread to see if anything has changed but nothing.
Is it just me that is not seeing the “departure” part in their statement?

chigoziri2403:
I would rather wheel my luggage by hand than enter an airport taxi
Very expensive.

. To what distance

If FAAN is denying it, then it is no doubt the handiwork of those archaic yellow and black taxis and their union.

They went as far as attacking Bolt and Uber drivers some months ago. We were left stranded and had no choice than to use them.

NaijadrivaCars:
AutoReportNG come here

He wasn't wrong. He only reported what he saw. And the notice is branded with FAAN logo.

itsme01:




foolish policy

the Airport Shuttle imbecsile that charges as high as 15k- upwards for little drop, have gone to bribe FAAN, unfurtunatelyfor them they cant i dentify Uber from personal drivers coming to pick their relatives or bosses


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In Abuja, the NURTW taxis, FAAN officials and Abuja environmental protection board arrest the Uber guys, seize their phones to check for the Uber app.
There should be a lawsuit against the stupid authorities. And the procedings should be published till the end of the matter.

They should understand that life is evolving, everything changing on a fast track. They better go register for uber / taxify, instead of sitting and waiting for who to extort in the name of airport tax

sauceEEP:
Autojosh and fake news

Gullible dunce!

iSufferFools:
that's the issue here. She didn't tell us who were the people who put up that sign post in the first place.

If what she said is true, then those people who put up that signal are very wrong and should be punished. It's that simple.

Not true!

FAAN is just playing mind games with Nigerians, because they know we don’t comprehend things beyond the headlines and do not have time to read the details and fine print.

The FAAN rebuttal did not contradict the Sign post that was erected, neither did the Sign post contradict the FAAN rebuttal/statement.

The Sign post stated that the car sharing services are not allowed to pick up from the airport and was silence on drop-off, which means drop-off are allowed. The FAAN rebuttal statement states that car sharing services are allowed to drop-off at the airport, which the Sign post did not ban, but was silence on pick-ups, which the sign post ban.

So both statements are consistent, one and the same, I don’t see any contradiction; rather there appear to be some behind the scene coordination.

LabDNA:
These buffons think we are fools, they are very much aware of the billboard, they are backtracking because of the backlash they received from Nigerians.

They have been harrasing and arresting Uber, bolt and taxify drivers in Abuja since last year using the Abuja Environmental protection board agents.

FAAN are simply interested in making like difficult for Nigerians because of the kickbacks they get from NURTW.

I have never seen a country that enjoys making simple things difficult except Nigeria. The leadership of faan should be sued jointly and severally by Uber and co.
Nigerian civil societies should also be interested in the matter.

Petition should also be written to EFCC, that FAAN leadship open their books, so we can see their accounts. Make life hot for them, since they've sworn that Nigerian travellers must not have peace.

NURTW taxis should either innovate or die. The world is moving forward, we cannot be left behind.

That's the point.
Technology has come to stay. Its shameful to see taxi drivers hustling for customers like touts at our airports in this 21st century.

The billboard bears the authority's logo and situated within its jurisdiction how come they're not aware of it until now? So its possible for someone to place a directive at the airport to charge anything they like without them being aware? This country and its anyhowness sef

naptu2:
See previous thread here:

FAAN Bans Uber, Bolt And Others From Lagos Airport, Places Heavy Fine
https://www.nairaland.com/5575208/faan-bans-uber-bolt-others



https://www.thecable.ng/faan-bolt-uber-not-banned-at-airports/amp

Cutehector:
It's only in Nigeria that you will see news like this


Faan bans uber


1 day later


Faan denies banning uber

Is it that journalists/social media moderators dont verify news ?

1 day later ke, they refuted the message like an hour after it was posted on Twitter.

bigtt76:
The billboard bears the authority's logo and situated within its jurisdiction how come they're not aware of it until now? So its possible for someone to place a directive at the airport to charge anything they like without them being aware? This country and its anyhowness sef

That's the big issue. Although they said that the billboard has been removed, but they also need to state the identity of the person that erected the billboard and the punishment that has been meted out to the person.

Exactly ....its a security risk they're not taking seriously.

naptu2:


That's the big issue. Although they said that the billboard has been removed, but they also need to state the identity of the person that erected the billboard and the punishment that has been meted out to the person.

Well we go test am next week and find out if the driver will be arrested for picking up..

FAAN, just clear the parks and concourses of our airports please. Rid them of all commercial taxis and taxi drivers. Airports are not motor parks. End the touting. It is putting your facilities into disrepute.

Comedian2019:

That's the point.
Technology has come to stay. Its shameful to see taxi drivers hustling for customers like touts at our airports in this 21st century.

It is so annoying. How can you drive into an airport that manages a paltry twenty or thirty flights a day and you are accosted with hundreds of vehicles in the carpark, mainly taxis, blocking every space and turning the place to a market. What are they doing there.

FAAN should have no interest in how people get or leave the airports. It is not their business. If they must have a stake in taxis then they should build a seperate carpark for them with a dedicated access to the departure lounge.

Better, it should be a matter of choice.

Most of the FAAN officials have several airport taxis as their side hustle. That's a fact. Uber/Bolt has reduced how much their drivers remit.

gaetano:
Very mischievous headline. Uber drivers are complaining they are not allowed to pick up passengers at the airport. FAAN is saying they are not banned from dropping off passengers at the airport.

The issue here is picking up passengers as airport taxis don't want these brands to snatch the passengers, they want them to only drop them off. So the problem is still there

I wonder what the OP is talking about. FAAN should respond on picking passengers from airport and not dropping passengers at the airport, that's what we are interested.

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