FOR ME SELF THEY SHOULD WITHDRAW GUNS FROM POLICE, BECAUSE A LOT OF BLOOD ARE SPILLED EVERYDAY IN NIGERIA, THEY HAVE ARMED FULANI, ROAD SAFETY HAVE BEEN APPROVED NOW, AIR PORT, GIRLS FIGHT BACK TO HAVE WHO TO MARRY 2MORO

Guns everywhere has its implications tho

Can't they approve guns for the common man so we can at will be shooting at our politicians

Soon LATSMA will carry arms.. I wonder where we are actually heading in this country. They can even approve guns for NYSC corpers for a year..

So that s all APC govt has to offer at the airport So the way our airport is so poor does not matter to apc govt but gun in the hands of fools to kill at will again Please Lord what is our sin to gave us this kind of govt so its gun that is important now in all the pressing issues at hand in Nigeria at the moment

So finally my prediction is about to come to pass. I predicted it that soon the bloody Civil Defense will start carrying guns people here attack me and it happened. I said it a while ago that soon Road Safety will be allow to carry gun people still attacked me for saying its a lie and it happened. I said soon security officers, Man O war, LASTMA, VIO, KAI(Lagos) even Boyscout will soon be licensed to carry gun now we are heading their gradually.

Now I'm beginning to belief Buhari is no longer in control because as Rtd Army General he know gun is not just what anybody carries around anyhow I'm talking base on my background and experience a real soldier don't belief gun should be in the hand of any bloody person no matter who that person is, the world known trained armed officers are the Military or the Police and sometime the Custom in a very rear cases the drug enforcement agency, DSS, SSS (Under police control) and no other uniform person, normally in a normal society its unlawful to carry gun no matter what but in Nigeria its becoming everybody thing now in as far you wear uniform either you are garage tout with uniform if you know your way to Aso Rock gun can be license to you by govt to carry on the joy killing maniac.

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Pls I need more likes, today is my day!

Good afternoon sir, please dont forget to take ur drugs dis evening and if ur madness persist for 3 days please consult ur doctor

me69:
It is because you are Igbo maybe becauz this people hate everybody w/o reason

bigwig10:
Welcome development only if those securities were checked if mentally balanced to carry those weapons unlike there brothers in black uniform

Wetin welcome about the development?

All the policemen wey dey carry gun for airport wetin be their use?

The fear of accidental discharge is the beginning of wisdom

Why not tazers, that's all the way up lethal for an airport security.

shammah1:
Is Nigeria a war zone? What's all these for? First, it was FRSC now gate men? When will they distribute guns to the innocent Southern Kaduna, Riyom, Bakin Ladi, Jos & Benue indigenous people to defend themselves against the barbaric evil Fulani's? Kukuma dash all of us guns make we start World War III. Nonsense government

also Enugu people to defend themselves....this what they are planning martial law...we need to read d handwritings on d wall.

ok but meanwhile

Welcome development! Can't wait to see them taming all those airports touts and trouble makers, Enough of the big mannism , lawlessness, they don't want to subject themselves to airport security procedures, with this gun carrying everyone will behave and learn to comply with Airport rules and regulations, Airports will be safe for travels!

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Cool story

unclezuma:


Instead of more money in circulation, they are circulating guns ...ngwa e remain hisbah and boys scouts.

small small e go reach ordinary citizen

How long till the first ''accidental discharge'' in an airport

boman2014:
- Federal government has approved that airport security officers can now carry gun

- The new aviation security arrangement will take the form of the United States’ Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

With the fleeing of Boko Haram insurgents from Sambisa forest, the federal government has approved that security personnel at the nation’s airports will now bear arms as a measure to improve the general security at the airports and guard against any possible terror attacks.


The government also assured that Nigeria will have a national carrier before the end of this year.

In a related development, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the completion of Kaduna airport terminal building at the cost of N1 billion.


Minister of state for aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed these to state house correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja.


Sirika asserted that the federal government is very serious about aviation security, saying that, just last week, the president approved that aviation security personnel should bear arms.

He explained that the new aviation security arrangement will take the form of the United States’ Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Sirika said: “So we are trying to make them take the form and shape of TSA of the US with K-9 dogs, handcuffs, the guards, the batons, light weapons, etc. The minister of interior is helping us in that regard, with the directive of Mr. President.

“They are partnering with us and other stakeholders to keep our airports secure. All these will be unveiled at the next stakeholders’ meeting.”

On the issue of national carrier, the minister said it will be wholly private sector-driven.

He contended that, with the exception of Ethiopian Airline, it had been proved that government does not do well with this kind of venture.


He said: “When we came in, we were very clear on our targets and goals and what we set out to achieve. And we did say that Nigeria does not have a national airline. The national airline will be one that the government will have no hand in; normally it can have three per cent. It will be private sector-led, private sector-driven.

“We are going to have a national carrier; it is on course, and because it is a Public-Private Project (PPP) thing, it has to go through IC and C, and it also has to follow all the due process. So it is time consuming, but I hope that, very soon, before the end of the year, we will have a very strong, viable national airline.

“For me, if any airline will have the capacity to deploy several aircraft with seamless operation, non-disruptive, provide the service, go the long haul, take advantage and give other international airlines a run for their money, we don’t need to get involved; it is because there is none.”

The aviation minister recalled that the Nigerian Airways used to do all of this, but that in the wisdom of the then government, it liberalised the sector, adding that because of the absence of Nigeria’s capacity, most of these airlines came and left as fast as they came in.

Sirika, however, gave the assurance that the government was addressing all of these concerns.

“We are going to establish this national carrier and it will give good service. This is the solution, because Nigeria has the market: we are 180 million (in population); we are sitting in West Africa, and in the West African market, we are 450 million (in population) and Nigeria is the major player."

Sirika also revealed that FEC had approved the completion of the Kaduna terminal building for the sum of N1 billion. He noted that the contract for the project was awarded in 2011 and work commenced in 2012.


According to him, the variation of contract sum became necessary when during the rehabilitation of the terminal building, a contractor noticed some structural damage to the building itself and then increased the scope of work to be done.

On how to manage the closure of Abuja airport and construction of Kaduna terminal, he said that there is another elaborate terminal robust enough to take the passengers for the duration of six weeks.

He said: “It will not hinder it; it will not stop them also from working. It may be also a bonus if the contractor is able to run through and finish before March, but whether it is finished or not, it will not affect the operations because there are enough buildings to carry out the operations of the airport.”

Meanwhile, British Airways cabin crew has decided to embark on a 48-hour strike from January 10, 2017. The strike is as a result of an ongoing pay dispute.

The decision to embark on a strike came after union members voted by 7 to 1 to reject a pay offer from the airline.


https://www.naij.com/1080955-federal-government-approves-guns-airport-security-officers.html

This is a welcome development, the security of citizens should be the number one priority of any serious govt. without security there can be no meaningfull development in a country. On the national carrier it's a good move that it has come to limelight .let Nigeria get a national carrier... #GodBlessPmb #GodBlessNigeria.

great news