PDPGuy:

Yes. Trolleys cost $5 for departing passengers, and it is free for arriving passengers.

romenna:
what is the correlation between your comment and the topic of discuss?
u nor get sense?

majekdom2:
obviously, the ones shouting afonja and ipob belong to the very lower class. I have said that before. many of them have not had the opportunity to travel via air talk more leaving the country thus they are not informed about what is being discussed on this thread.
secondly, it shows that we have a problem as many do not bother to engage on some critical issues simply because they feel it does not affect them i.e they are not in the country. I am referring to the upper class here. I have just made a point where i stated clearly that their superiors are aware of what they are doing and thats why they can do whatever they are doing like it is normal. I do not think foreign interference will work. No matter the branding, if the content is bad, it is bad.

majekdom2:
it depends on how you see it. Yes, people say Nigeria is corrupt and that is because a majority of the populace is. Corruption was a thing of life and death in china. This helped them. There were no sentiments. once you are caught, you are gone. This is the only way Nigeria can be sustainable if she is ready to. Why do you think the police extort as they do? why do you think what is happening at the airport is a Norm? Their superiors travel through same airport, dont they? EFCC and ICPC officials travel through same airport, dont they? if corruption is a degenerate of followership, how then can we correct it..... It can only be corrected from the top. They are the ones with the power to make the right laws and execute them. if your had a boss that was an accomplice in stealing company funds and say he later died. If you have a new boss that's quite truthful and modest, will you have the mind to steal? knowing fully that you risk going to jail and loosing your job..... this is my point. Its not about me admitting I am not corrupt or not. its about how the system can work

hillsway:
dude you're the luckiest person alive.Those immigration guys made me miss my flight(got to the airport by 6.30 am,so as to catch a flight scheduled for 10 am.

checked in my luggages between 7.30-8 am,after which I proceeded to the immigration point to be cleared as usual.

Met an elderly man(whom I'd rather refer to as an elderly thief who's Children and grand children(both alive and yet unborn) would suffer for the trauma he and his cohort made me go through.

First question asked by him was,so you're leaving to blablabla for what exactly(which seem professional enough,so i responded likewise "heading there for a job offer sir".

SO HOW MUCH DOLLARS DO YOU HAVE ON YOU?
We don't use dollars sir and moreover I've got a taxi guy on stand by, waiting to take me to my apartment once I arrive.
This I suspected threw this OLD FOOL off balance,thereby making him direct me to another thief on standby who asked me to follow him for questioning.

Oga so you mean,you are traveling with no dollars on you,said thief number 2! I nodded in the affirmative trying to explain,that I've got a dollar card with which I intend making withdrawal when I land.

Next is:
So what do you have to settle ground with?
Me wan play sharp delta boy with a true Nigeria mentality of "NO BRIBE MUST BE PAID TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO'S SALARIES AND OTHER INCENTIVES COMES REGULARLY"

Sorry sir,but I don't have a dime to give to anyone.

From there na inside one small immigration room I see myself(ME A NIGERIAN,WHO STANDS STILL FROM A MILLION MILES AWAY WHEN EVER THE NATIONAL ANTHEM GETS SANG).

At this time,everyone had already boarded,only for the flight manager(Etihad) to make his way to that room,of which they told him to unpack my luggages and wait for further instruction.

NA SO I LOOSE MY FLIGHT,BUT I GAIN ONE SERIOUS EXPERIENCE:

Whosoever chooses to sanitize that system has got the devil to contend with,as from my observation those guys are placed there to carry out those act by powers that be.

You've got to recruit vibrate youths,who's undergone training on human relationship/cc so as to learn and unlearn certain things.


I go upload my ticket of then(missed ticket) just so una go verify,just say those thieves name elude my memories.

Has anyone observed that most BENIN ladies you find working in M.M.A most times act as drunk? as far as professionalism is concerned.
(Talking from experience,cause I met 3 during my ordeal and all they could say while I was trying to explain was...NO TALK TO ME,JUST MOVE GO THAT SIDE FAST FAST FAST FAST!)

That I had to pay 100$ to reschedule wasn't the problem,but that everyone I met encouraged me to bribe my way through, on my next journey was baffling.

GogobiriLalas:
and your point is well stated and fully comprehended, but I differ in that, corruption in the African context, Nigeria to be specific is an offshoot of a culture =way of life the result of which will no matter the peripheral cures you proffer only devolve back to the mess from which it emerged. Blaming the leadership for corruption is a question of which came first, the chicken or the egg? In this instance I daresay that the followership is corrupt hence it tolerates that which is common to it's nature, if corruption were unnatural to the followership, they will shortly have been roused from lethargy and shaken off the corrupt like a wet dog soaked in water. Our culture breeds thieves, attacking the leaders (which I am not at all averse to) is merely treating the symptom not the cause...the agitation of the followership may appear as a justified lament for change, but in actual fact, it's a lament that the fruits of corruption has not trickled down to them, not too many people who benefit from the rewards of corruption fight against it....

Jaqenhghar:

For one which countries have you been to?
How did you get this travel itch?
How do you fund your travels?

Ugosample:



For one which countries have you been to?

Well, I have been to quite a few, some of them including Benin Rep, Togo, Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast etc .
Some of these countries I visited several times

How did you get this travel itch?
It's a bug that catches you mehn
Can't really explain it


How do you fund your travels?

How else do you fundtravels? you pay for it na

But on a more serious note, I loook out for flight discounts, discount on hotels, and also where I can get forex (Euro, Francs and cedis) at good rates

That's it

tellwisdom:
I almost slapped one hoe for asking me to pay for a trolley....The other foolish man looked at a grown man like me to ask where i was coming from and what i do for a living...The kind eye i take look am eh...i think he was confused

ifyalways:

I'm yet to see an international airport where trolleys are free.

@Topic, welcome to Nigeria!

CanadianNurse:
Heathrow, JFK, the list goes on and on !

Jaqenhghar:

Interesting. I envy you cos the experiences and the things you learn is second to none. I always wanted to do that but I found myself chasing money instead got my first job and Ive been grounded ever since
Are you in the country currently or on the move?

iceberg54:


LOL.... really?


I'm yet to see one where trolleys are not free..and I've been to a lot.... maybe just the specific ones you mentioned.

About the topic.. it's so bad... was at MMIA in July. Wanted to use the bathroom before leaving. The cleaner asked if I need a tissue paper or water. I asked what he meant and he asked again confidently.... lol.... When I was done he held the hand soap and gave me a bit of it. So instead of putting those supplies in the right places, he was in control of everything and expected me to find something for him at the end...

Even inside toilet..... only in naija....

Ugosample:



In my experience there, I got to see what the problem with Nigeria is, especially those of us from the South.

we lack contentment as a people, and are too materialistic and greedy


Stealing, Extortion, Begging, desperation and get rich quick or die trying mentality

That's what we suffer, and the mess at MMIA shows all that

SageTravels:
This is really bad. an airport as big as Lagos airport should have CCTV surveillance camera.

EgunMogaji:


Yep, IAH.

Totally free. No neeed for long stories.

nefertitiram:


Trolley is $6 in JFK. Stop saying what you don't know

EbolaParasite:


Excuse me they are not free. I have paid at least a minimum of 15 times at IAH

1metre:
Am waiting for them on my next arrival, I will break someone head there. Criminals.

CanadianNurse:
never payed a dime for trolley and my only visit to the USA was through JFK... Arrival and departure

EgunMogaji:


Yes, it's free.

They are free for Passengers. Another member had confirmed it

EbolaParasite:


You keep insisting and i told you i have paid on multiple occasions. if you see a trolley idle, of course someone has already paid for it. On the other hand, tell me if you went to the rack, where they are stacked if you were able to pull one without paying. The thing even accepts credit card payment sef. It is not free. I have paid multiple times.

ifyalways:

I'm yet to see an international airport where trolleys are free.

@Topic, welcome to Nigeria!

wonlasewonimi:


In short, you did not tamba abi?

EgunMogaji:


Trolleys are free at IAH, I bet I've transitioned there more than you and I've never paid

Another member has validated this too on this thread.

http://www.ifly.com/george-bush-intercontinental-airport/baggage-and-security

erico2k2:

Well all of Europe . U dnt pay . JfK u dnt pay . SYDNEY you don. China U dnt pay,Dubai you don't pay.

EbolaParasite:


Apparently we're referencing different things. Free for arrivals but definitely not departure. Never had to use one upon arrival so no way i would have known about that. Departures on the other hand, as evident in the pic you attached is not free.

Oh by the way, transition all you want, unless you work the type of work i do, no way you would have transitioned more than i do. Pass through there every 25-28 days non stop.

Lucasbalo:
You have never been to Chicago then. Our trolleys are free here on arrival.

Ezniteadin:
Have you been to the Murtala Muhammad international Airport lately?

It is the most crowded Airport in my experiences, the prying eyes and busybodies waiting to latch on to your purse forcefully by all gimmicks

They beggarly initiate all method of trickery to collect bribe from travelers

The lack of CCTV surveillance camera is one major reason the attending offices are the more brazen,

they practically beg for money and threaten you if you refuse to grease their corrupt palms

You wonder why Government workers are so bold to Beg for money in an international airport

They search your Bags with bare hands and look for what is not lost, whereas other countries of the world would pass your bags through a search machine to spot items not fit for travel

Nigerian Airport workers practically search your bag in attempts to find anything for which they can collect bribe from you even your underwaer

I am just wondering, Any Nairalander who have experienced this brazen thievery by employed and unemployed loiters at the Airport

The Nigerian government is pretending and acting as if bribe does not happen at the airport Or else, something should have been done to stem this shameful acts of international embarrassment

what is your story at the airport ?