The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, announced the decision on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House in Abuja. He explained that the President directed an immediate return to the previous system pending the development of a more efficient alternative.
According to Keyamo, the President was deeply concerned about the hardship experienced by travellers, particularly those who missed scheduled flights due to hours-long traffic delays at airport entrances.
The cashless system, introduced less than a week ago by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), was designed to curb corruption and improve revenue collection at toll gates and other payment points across airports nationwide. For over five decades, FAAN had relied on cash collections from motorists at toll gates and parking facilities.
