Aviation ministry approve design for five-stop monorail to Lagos airport

Plans to run rail line enter Lagos main international airport don move one step forward. Di design for monorail wey go connect Ikeja Railway Station to Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) don get approval, di aviation ministry and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) talk.

Di approval come after review by di ministry permanent secretary, FAAN managing director and engineers from both bodies. Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo announce di approval.

For air travellers and workers for Lagos, di line fit mean another way to reach di airport apart from road transport, wey traffic around Ikeja and airport road dey always slow.

Where di line go stop

Di proposed route get five stations: Ikeja, Domestic Airport, Beesam, Toll Gate and MMIA Airport. Ikeja na di terminus of Lagos Red Line, so di monorail go let passengers move between di city rail network and di airport.

Di final stop go serve di new Terminal 1, wey dem dey rebuild. FAAN talk say di work there include structural repairs, redesigned passenger areas and upgrades to electrical, mechanical and security systems. Road access and links between terminals also dey change.

FAAN managing director, Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku, talk in October 2026 say talks on financing di airport rail project don reach advanced stage. Di sources no give cost, start date or completion date, and e no clear whether di approval cover construction or only di design.

Wetin go happen next

Di project still depend on funding wey dem go agree. Until then, di approval cover di design, not finished railway. Nigerians go dey watch for cost estimate and timeline, since di airport na di country busiest and any disruption during construction go affect travellers.