Lagos – Reports have emerged that a total of 691,934 travelers departed Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in the first half of 2017, while another 560,988 arrived the country within the period under review.
According to a document released by Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior made available to the media, 691,954 passengers both Nigerians and foreigners used the facilities at the Lagos international airport to depart to various destinations from the country.
Out of these numbers, 519,215 were Nigerians and mostly males while another 179,739 were foreigners departing the country.
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Also, within the period, 550,988 passengers arrived Nigeria through the international wing of the Lagos Airport.
The breakdown revealed that 392,237 of them were Nigerians while the other 158,751 were foreigners from various countries.
A source at the Nigerian immigration service said the statistics are important for the Nigerian government to know the numbers of people entering or exiting the country.
