According to filmmaker Charles Novia, the scent of the restroom at the airport is the first surprise that greets passengers arriving in Lagos after an international flight at the MMA International wing.
Novia added that the next shock would be “tardily dressed immigration personnel” as one approached the immigration area, outraged at the quality of the airport having just arrived from a nation with world-class airport facilities.
He added that the current status of the country is symbolized by the airport in Lagos.
Novia wrote;
For those arriving Lagos from an International flight at the MMA International wing, the first shock which hits you as you step out of the plane is the smell of the toilets at the airport.
A pungent smell of shit and antiseptic smacks your nostrils. As you walk towards the immigration area, angry at the state of the airport having just come from a country with world class airport facilities, the next shock would be tardily dressed immigration officials (at least the day I arrived from my trip I saw a couple of them wearing slippers and smudged uniforms). That airport in Lagos, the old one, is the symbolism of the state of the nation right now.
Antiseptically shitty.
I don’t think Abuja Airport is like that as I have traveled through Abuja Airport on international flights a few times but the Lagos Airport actually takes the piss, all pun intended too.
Source; www.ghgossip.com
