The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has shut down the KFC outlet at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport (MMIA) as a consequence of discriminatory habits.
In accordance with a press release issued by FAAN’s Director of Public Affairs and Shopper Safety, Obiageli Orah, will probably be shuttered with speedy impact starting Thursday, March 28, 2024.
Orah by way of the assertion mentioned “According to Lagos State regulation on Folks with Particular Wants, Half C, part 55 of Basic Provisions on Discrimination which states that, ‘An individual shall not deprive one other particular person of entry to anyplace, car or facility that members of the general public are entitled to enter or use on the idea of the incapacity of that particular person,’ the administration of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has closed the KFC facility on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport in Lagos with impact from March 28, 2024.
“That is on account of a social media report by a passenger with Decreased Mobility (PRM ), alleging discriminatory therapy he acquired on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, Lagos.”
FAAN instructed “the KFC Administration ought to tender an unreserved apology, in writing, to the affected PRM and a coverage assertion of non-discrimination be written and pasted conspicuously on the door publish of their facility at MMIA earlier than it resumes operation”.
FAAN’s full assertion
FAAN SHUTS DOWN KFC OUTLET AT MMIA
According to Lagos State regulation on Folks with Particular Wants , Half C , part 55 of Basic Provisions on Discrimination which states that ,” An individual shall not deprive one other particular person of entry to anyplace, car or facility that members of the general public are entitled to enter or use on the idea of the incapacity of that particular person”, the administration of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has closed the KFC facility on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport in Lagos with impact from March 28, 2024.
That is on account of a social media report by a Passenger with Decreased Mobility (PRM ), alleging discriminatory therapy he acquired on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, Lagos.
The MD/CE of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi, Kuku intervened swiftly by deploying a administration crew comprising the Director, Public Affairs and Shopper Safety, Mrs Obiageli Orah, the Regional Supervisor South West, Mr Sunday Ayodele, Ag. Basic Supervisor Public Affairs, Mrs Ijeoma Nwosu-Igbo and the Worldwide Terminal Supervisor, Mr Kerri, to research the allegation .
It’s primarily based on the findings of the crew that FAAN has shut down the KFC facility on the MMA, the place the incident occurred.
The Authority has instructed that the KFC Administration ought to tender an unreserved apology, in writing, to the affected PRM and a coverage assertion of non-discrimination be written and pasted conspicuously on the door publish of their facility at MMIA earlier than it resumes operation.
FAAN makes use of this medium to precise our unreserved apology to the affected Passenger with Decreased Mobility and assures all airport customers that we will proceed to work tirelessly to make sure that the rights of each passenger will not be infringed upon.
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The sufferer, Adebola Daniel recounted his expertise on the KFC outlet of the airport in a collection of tweets posted on Wednesday by way of his X deal with, @DebolaDaniel.
Daniel, a wheelchair consumer, described his ordeal as “the worst type of public humiliation” he ever had.
His tweets partly learn, “Being disabled usually rolls over my spirit, abandoning a path of shattered dignity and forgotten humanity. Nowhere extra so than in Nigeria.
“I’ve by no means been the kind of particular person to make a fuss or complain about my incapacity. My method has at all times been ‘laissez-faire.’ In the end, it’s what it’s. It is part of my id and like everybody else, I’ve my days of self-doubt and confusion as to how/if I slot in society.
“To be disabled in Nigeria is to be undesirable, unwelcome and unaccepted. As I’ve mentioned earlier than, it’s a lonely, scary and remoted place.
“By no means has this been extra true than it has ever been immediately once I confronted the worst type of public humiliation that I’ve ever skilled. To assume that this occurred at a global model @kfc @kfcnigeria at a global airport – Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos – is unthinkable.”
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