Princess (Dr) Rachael Adefunke Wellington (Chairman/CEO) and her company 'TRANS AFRICA WORLD AIRLINES'

Plz say something about this woman and her company.

punch says somethings about her and I want members of the house to say something about it also

Published 9/5/2008 1:21:00 AM

Employment scam: Aviation company levies applicants

Sebastine Ebhuomhan


When the management of Trans Africa World Airlines asked job seekers to come with N15, 000 each for the procurement of e-passport and N3,000 administrative fee last month, many thought it was passport to a new world. Thousands of desperate job seekers trooped to the airline’s office.

The company, which address was given as ”Murtala Mohammed International Airport/Local Wing, Ikeja, Lagos State,” is located under a large, white canopy erected in the premises of an uncompleted two storey building located at 190/192 Egbeda/Idimu Road, Abule-Odu Bus Stop in Alimosho, Lagos, where it conducted the interview for ‘new staff.’

Nobody knew the actual number of positions available, only that there were vacancies for those interested in cargo handling and being part of the cabin crew excluding the pilot.

The vacant positions were not advertised, rather, participants were drawn from churches and social organisations known to the company’s management.

Some of the applicants who visited the employment site and who spoke with our correspondent observed that the whole process is akin to kalokalo, the one-armed bandit game of luck.

In fact, many others left the venue unconvinced that the positions were really available. They did not know if they had been employed or if they were being kept in view, even on the last day, Friday, August 15, 2008.

Investigation by our correspondent revealed something ‘shady‘ about the whole process.

Trans Africa World Airlines, which claimed to deliver its service with ”A touch of class and excellence,” is yet to acquire the legal approval to operate as an airline company, which core positions, it was seeking to fill with staff.

Only recently, the company obtained an Air Transport Licence after transforming from an undisclosed name.

Checks at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, which has records of all airlines in Nigeria, showed that Trans Africa World Airlines was yet to obtain an Air Operation Certificate, without which it could not operate any air flight schedule.

Head of Media Relations at the NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the pending position of the company.

“From NCAA records, Trans Africa World Airlines existed in another name in the past. They transformed into the current name. It has a licence for the new name. But it is yet to get an AOC.

“The implication is that without an AOC, it cannot operate an air flight schedule any where in the country. It will have to get that first, before any other thing.”

Our correspondent gathered that those who applied at Trans Africa World Airlines, – people with different educational qualifications, including secondary school leavers - were instructed to come for training in white and black uniform. No written test, no interview, no short listing was carried out.

According to the company, all the applicants that fulfilled the requirement of paying the sum of N18,000 employment fee were as good as being employed.

The company remained silent, however, on how the Passport was going to be obtained, as well as when the job was going to begin.

Other requirements included an application letter, photocopies of educational certificates, a medical report, a police report, birth certificate and four passport photographs.

Worse still, no receipt was issued for the payments. Those who paid were given a piece of paper (handwritten) indicating the sum collected from them.

A copy of such letter had neither company’s stamp nor signature. However, the applicants were told after the exercise to go home and wait for further information.

Asked if Trans Africa World Airlines had the power to employ staff for jobs it was not licensed to carry out yet, Adurogboye said NCAA was equally investigating the report.

”We have heard before you came today. We are equally investigating. We have summoned them for a meeting on Tuesday. You may join the meeting if you want.

”We will issue a categorical statement when we conclude our investigation.”

Although the meeting was held as scheduled, our correspondent was not allowed to attend as promised, owing to the absence, from office, of Adurogboye on the day.

It was however, reliably learnt that that was the third meeting NCAA held with the Executive Director of Trans Africa World Airlines, Mrs. Yemisi Wellington-Alafa, on the activity of her company.

Following her tacit denial, she was required in the previous meetings to denounce the activity or put the record straight within seven days, through a national media advertisement.

Curiously, while she has failed, for whatever reason, to carry out the advertisement, NCAA‘s investigation has also remained inconclusive.

On Tuesday, August 26, our correspondent met with her at Citi Guardian Chambers, Gbemisola House, Ikeja with a media consultant, Mr. Babatunji Wusu, in attendance.

But she refused to have the interview recorded, explaining that there was no need since it was planned to be ”a family affair.”

She denied knowledge of the illegal recruitment activity initially, but blamed other people for her woes, when she eventually admitted that money was indeed received from applicants. She said her company was still at stage four of AOC acquisition.

Asked if her company‘s activity was legal, Wellington-Alafa said, ”I did not know you are now a lawyer. The youth activity that my Mum does has been on for a long time now. It is the activity that was held there. It has nothing to do directly with Trans Africa World Airlines.”

Later, she added, ”And I told my Mum not to conduct the exercise even though she said it would involve only her church members.”

Asked why she has not carried out an advertisement to denounce the activity, if Trans Africa World Airlines was not in a hurry as she claimed, the Executive Director said she was not rushing it because she was planning to include many other things in the advert.

Thievesssssssssssss,i was a victim.how could an 87yr old woman duped us, what is dis country turning into??

Who is Dr Princess Rachel Adefunke Wellington
Dr Princess Rachel Adefunke Wellingtonis a Nigerian/American. She was born to a very powerful Royal Family in Nigeria. She is highly educated and business guru who had visited all the countries in the world including but limited to USA,ISRAEL ETC.
She is the first woman Airline operator in Africa, lifting essential commodities for the apex bank with her aircrafts and owner of Trans Africa World Airline; founder of children palm city foundation for the children and the aged worldwide and Girls school of leadership; a philanthropist giving scholarship to girls and boys.
The first woman councilor in the then government of the western region of Nigeria representing Ondo province; the first woman banker and owner of Ilupeju Industrial community bank serving the rural community traders and farmers; the owner of Wellington Refinery and Petrochemicals in the United States of America. She is also the general overseer of New Bethlehem Church in Nigeria.
Children Palm City Foundation Incorporated had appointed over 300 ambassadors and mayors for each country where Children Palm City will be built. These official are receiving training in order to be posted to their different countries for the upliftment of the program

Why is her company (TAWA) used to scam people? My cousin got their employment letter four years and it was written that his salary will start with #78,000 after he had to bribe the senior staff in the company with #30,000. The excuse they gave initially was that they were trying to procure aircraft but now no other lie to keep them at bay. Maybe they will call him to come and resume tomorrow sha, but I know his employment letter is just a paper that not fetching him anything.
I want to believe some set of fraudsters are using this woman's company to scam people as she may not be aware of all this nonsense.

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What can I really say about the iron woman "madam Adefunke Rachael Welligton". First and foremost, the woman in question is never a doctor. Where on earth did she get that title "Dr" from? She just woke up in the morning and started calling herself a "Dr". She is an expert 419 of the highest order. Pls help me to ask "Defenders" who was bribed to defect her whether her so called company has obtained licence to operate? The answer is NO. Has it be registered under the CAC? The answer is NO. Is the 419 woman a citizen of America as she claimed? NO again. She was just a poor, frustrated and despirate woman who wanted to make money by all means. What a pity that over 10,000 Nigerian youth had fallen into her victim and some are still falling. She is embarking on another fraud project now call "Children Palm City". Pls help me to ask "Defeaters" where her office is being located. This is a 419 woman who cannot afford to rent a common office to operate her so called international business. She is frauding pple from her son's house in Egbeda and some mumu pple still go there to work without paid. That 419 woman also have a church. Pls help me to ask her which Bible school does she attend? Who ordained her as a Rev. Is she even born again? And yet some mumu pple still go there all in the name of job. I really want to advice Racheal Adefunke Welligton to repent and openly apologize to thousands of Nigeria youth whom she had fraud or else she and her lineage will never be freed from terrible, heavy and generation curse. Do u know how many Nigerian this old fool woman has rendered jobless? Many who have died as a result of accident because of TAWA job? Many who had worked for her for years without paid? Is it about using her 419 church to dupe the innocent Nigerian? I think the government need to investige these. Things cannot continue like this.

Madam wellington or whatever her name is, is nothing but a Scammer of the highest order, I know about 4 pple who has fallen victim. I wonder why he has not been arrested all the while, that is to show the level of corruption in this country she brainwashed people into paying 15k which she called registration fee, some pple even paid close to 30k or more. I don't want to believe the government is not aware of this, if not she supposed to hv been brought to book. Is she for real at all? Who knws if d old woman look is make up jst to convince innocent pple.. madam wellington wherever u are hv one thing in mind that God is watching you, by the time he is ready for u, u and your generations will suffer.

This is really terrible. Just saw this on twitter