FAAN's 18.8M Passenger Claim Faces Scrutiny in Nigeria
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) announced that Nigeria's combined domestic and international passenger traffic reached over 18.8 million in 2025, marking an 11.9% increase year-on-year. This announcement was made by FAAN Managing Director Olubunmi Kuku at the Airports Council International (ACI) Africa Regional Conference in Abuja, where she stated that Nigeria's aviation market is now the fourth-largest in Africa.
However, this figure contradicts an earlier report from April 2026, where Kuku indicated that Nigeria had recorded over 10.5 million domestic passengers, and another report suggested a total of about 15 million passengers for the same period. The discrepancies have prompted aviation expert Group Capt. John Ojikutu to demand greater transparency and independent audits of passenger traffic data.
Ojikutu emphasized the need for FAAN to provide a comparative breakdown of passenger figures for major Nigerian airports against those in other African countries.
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