L-R: Barr Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development (1st left) and representative of the firm that wins the concession of passengers profiling(2nd)
The Federal Executive Council has approved the use of modern technology named contactless biometric passenger verification system, VPASS, to profile every of the passengers making use of all the airports managed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN.
Barr Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, made the disclosure in a Facebook post, with pictures showing the signing of the concession agreement with a company whose name has yet to be made public.
The minister said in his Facebook post that he signed the concession agreement on behalf of the “Federal Government for the deployment of a contactless biometric passenger verification system, known as VPASS.”
Keyamo added that the VPASS will be installed “across Nigeria’s domestic airports as part of efforts to strengthen aviation security, enhance data integrity, and improve revenue generation”.
Highlighting the rationale for the self-service passenger profiling, Keyamo explained thus, “the initiative is designed to eliminate discrepancies in passenger data arising from inconsistent airline records, while also addressing unauthorised boarding practices”.
He asserted on his post that, “The system will ensure that all passengers on domestic flights are properly identified, thereby closing existing gaps that allow individuals to bypass Standard Identification Procedures.
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