FAAN had earlier banned Bolt and other e-hailing services, introducing its own Airport Car Hire Rank Management System (ACHRAM).
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has abandoned its earlier directive which forbade Bolt drivers and other e-hailing platforms from picking up passengers at Nigerian airports.
The latest development was communicated by the airport management body’s Director of Public Affairs, Henry Agbebire, in a statement released on Thursday, August 27.
This comes after controversy trailed the ban on e-hailing services and the introduction of the Airport Car Hire Rank Management System (ACHRAM).
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It all started when an airport passenger, in a now-viral post on X, raised the alarm that FAAN-owned ACHRAM had pegged the cost of a car hire service at N30,000 for a trip that would normally cost N8,000.
After the post trended on various social media platforms, it elicited heavy criticism from Nigerian and international travellers, who lampooned FAAN for the high airport taxi fares.
Reacting, Agbebire clarified that ACHRAM is not an e-hailing platform like Bolt or Uber, and that the airport management does not seek to monopolise car-hire services at airports.
Announcing the reversal, he said: “The Authority is therefore pleased to announce that, following constructive engagements, FAAN and Bolt have reached an agreeable operational framework, and Bolt is cleared to commence its services at FAAN-managed airports immediately.”
