“Please you people should tell Ms Stella Oduah to allow any airlines that wants to do business in Kano Airport to do so if she wants sleep well,” he said.

naijaking1: He always gets away with threatening Igbo officials.

fkaz: The case of former NPC boss() just come to mind.

JMOI: He was a political lightweight, that was why he was booted out with ease. He can't do that with Oduah.

kettykings: Will she force reluctant airlines to fly the not so viable kano route and the joke called Dutse international airport, or will she force the in existent middle class in JiGawa to fly or encourage the near comatose business class in kano to use kano international airport instead of Abuja airport.
What daft international airline would risk to fly to a high risk zone where Boko haram militants are gradually taking charge

bloggernaija: How about regional airports.
Let every zone handle her own aviation ministry

Ayekotoo: Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has warned the aviation minister Ms Stella Oduah to desist from blocking any airlines that indicates interest in doing business in Kano.
Kwankwaso explained that Kano State government and the entire people of the state would not take it lightly on any attempt by any individual or group of people who want to sabotage or cripple their business activities.

“Please you people should tell Ms Stella Oduah to allow any airlines that wants to do business in Kano Airport to do so if she wants sleep well,” he said.
Governor Kwankwaso made this assertion while fielding questions from newsmen during his visit to new Dutse international airport build by the administration of Governor Sule Lamido.

Kwankwaso commended Alhaji Sule Lamido for his foresight and commitment which made Dutse airport to be reality.
He said the Dutse airport was built for prosperity as it would boost social and economic activities in Jigawa and the country in general.
The governor added that the Dutse airport was built to international standard, with the provision of all facilities needed for any standard airport.


http://leadership.ng/news/251013/kwankwaso-aviation-minister-allow-airlines-do-business-kano-if

naijaking1:

Thank you. Let every region handle aviation, constrcution or demolition of airports. Why have the FG dip its finger into every hole? Thanks to Gowon, and the military.

Me_Aboki:

If you had not been in too much of a rush to express your bigotry and foolishness you could have noticed, from the penultimate post before yours (fkaz) that the woman was blocking Qatari air from operating the Kano route where it wants to operate and instead forcing it on the Enugu route where it does not want to operate - a clear case of Nepotism and abuse of office.

BTW, with your kind of mentality, its no wonder that Qatari Air wants to stay away from Enugu.

PhenomenonVFX:

em....and where did u and @fkaz get the info that she was blocking a Qatari airline from operating in Kano and trying to divert it to Enugu instead?
Neither the OP nor the link there says anything about such.
Do u know something we dont?

Me_Aboki:

AVIATION MINISTRY BLOCKS QATAR AIR FROM KANO
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Category: Lead stories Published on Monday, 21 October 2013 05:01 Written by Turaki A. Hassan & Chris Agabi Hits: 13663

Aviation Minister Stella Oduah
The Ministry of Aviation has blocked Qatar Airlines from flying the Kano route, Daily Trust learnt lately.
This makes it the fourth foreign airline to be so barred from the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport.
Qatar Airlines had applied to be permitted to fly to Kano and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, Daily Trust has learnt.
Earlier in the year, the ministry had blocked three foreign airlines - Emirates, Turkish and Etihad - from extending their commercial flights to Abuja and Kano, apart from Lagos where they currently operate.
Though Qatar Air officials declined comments, documents obtained by Daily Trust show that Qatar Air had sought additional landing permits from Nigerian aviation authorities to extend its flight operations from Lagos to Kano and Abuja since the past four months but the ministry declined the request, and instead advised it to consider flying to Enugu and Port Harcourt airports as alternative entry points in Nigeria.
Joe Obi, the media assistant to the aviation minister said he had no comment to make on the matter.
However, details of a Bilateral Air Services (BASA) negotiation meeting between Qatari officials and Nigerian aviation officials held between June 24 and 25, 2013 in Doha on review of the existing BASA agreement obtained by Daily Trust indicate that the Qataris presented two options to the Nigerian side to be granted additional landing permits in Kano and Abuja.
The meeting comprised 10 representatives from each side with the Nigerian delegation led by Mrs. Precious P. Mbukpa while the Qataris were led by Mr. Saleh Abdullah Al-Haroon, the director of Ari Transport Affairs department of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority.
The first option involves the adoption of an open skies policy which will provide unlimited passenger, freight and cargo services with full freedom traffic rights on any immediate and beyond points while the second request was for 21 weekly frequencies to Lagos and 14 weekly frequencies to both Kano and Abuja.
However, the Nigerian delegation led by Mrs. Mbukpa, a deputy director in the aviation ministry rejected the request, arguing that the existing BASA agreement between Nigeria and Qatar made provision for the designated airlines to operate 14 weekly frequencies to Lagos but instead, asked them to reduce the 14 weekly flights to Lagos to seven while the other seven should be routed to Kano.
“The Nigerian delegation informed the Qataris that additional frequencies could be grated to Qatar Airways on BASA rights if they operate to Enugu and Port Harcourt as entry points,” the document read.
“We asked for 39 additional landing permits apart from the existing 14 which we operate on the Lagos route to enable us extend flights to Kano and Abuja, making it 49 weekly flights into Nigeria but the Ministry of Aviation denied us the permission and instead they asked us to go to Enugu and Port Harcourt. But we told them that we accept the offer of Enugu and Port Harcourt as additional entry points only for future use”, an official of the Qatari embassy in Nigeria said.
During the meeting in Doha, it was equally agreed that the Nigerian delegation communicate with their Qatari counterparts after further consultation with their principals within a period of 90 days as the deadline but the Qataris said they were yet to be communicated to the by the Nigerians.
The Qatari official who does not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the issue said, “How can we be asked to reduce our 14 weekly landings in Lagos to seven and take the remaining seven to Kano? We were categorical in our request that we need additional 39 slots, 21 in Lagos and 14 to Kano and Abuja each. But they are telling us that if we agree to go to Enugu and Port Harcourt, the permission could be granted.”

http://dailytrust.info/index.php/top-stories/8093-aviation-ministry-blocks-qatar-air-from-kano

IGBO-SON:


^^^It's a self assured cockiness that comes from the deluded belief that they're still 'owners of Nigeria'!

The moment we speak with one voice in the south to help checkmate their arrogance, the threats will stop!

HAH: When kwankwaso speaks the Authorities listen, for your infomation stella oduah gave emergency approval to turkish airline to land in kano just before she left to israel.

Mind you turkish applied 10 months ago and were told to go to Enugu or Port Harcourt, but miraculously during the BMW saga they were approved to land in kano.

Who is deceiving who ?

http://dailytrust.info/index.php/news/8412-fg-grants-turkish-airlines-landing-permit-to-kano-abuja

HAH: When kwankwaso speaks the Authorities listen, for your infomation stella oduah gave emergency approval to turkish airline to land in kano just before she left to israel.

Mind you turkish applied 10 months ago and were told to go to Enugu or Port Harcourt, but miraculously during the BMW saga they were approved to land in kano.

Who is deceiving who ?

http://dailytrust.info/index.php/news/8412-fg-grants-turkish-airlines-landing-permit-to-kano-abuja