snowdrops:

they are well within their rights to stage this protest. as this is their country of birth, they should be given first preference for jobs before foreigners. afterall this same rules apply in the country of origin of these so called expatriates.

udezue:

Hiring should be done by merit and if these jobless pilots meet the necessary standards then why hire immigrants? The problem with Nigerians is that they won't invest in their own but prefer to waste money hiring from outside. Anything foreign turns them on.

aloy/emeka:

The market should be free and fair. If every country adopts this policy of yours, how will Nigerians in the UK and US get jobs before their citizens?.

Dis Guy:

seems you are quoting the wrong person, Those in UK and US obviously got the job on merit

Seun:

They should travel out to look for jobs, or address the reason why airlines prefer to hire expensive expatriates.

aloy/emeka:

If they got their jobs on merit, why can't our own pilots strive to outclass their foreign counterparts instead of whining?. The problem here is that Nigerians are so used to quota system and ethnic sharing of bread that getting things on merit seems to be an impossible task for them.

Wizardofoz:


And you think sleeping around on NVS is your idea of MERIT?

Wizardofoz:

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HEy dont act innocen-T, Blazay has exposed you and your ways on NVS


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Rhino.5dm:

I call Bullshyyt on this one. What are you on to? There are places you will utter such and be lynched!. Expertriates are FAR more experience my foot.
Honestly this is one of dumbest post i have ever read on NL. Where is your statistics?
Look, i have worked ALL my life in a multinational and i can tell you majority of these so-called expertriates learn everything from the LOCALS on jobs, here in Nigeria. In fact a handful number of them come in as TRAINEES. Stay on what you know, i would have physically attack you if you will have utter this BS in my face. I was a victim of this non sense and so are many Nigerians.

Did you think those guys did not know what they doing for coming out to demostrate or what? Don't be surprised to see that they all trained in abroad.

why do we have the local contents laws in place? Though i shouldn't expect less from someone with PDP ideology.


Majority of the so-called expertriates are junks, some are ex convits which may finds it difficult in securing a job in their country of origins. Thus, giving then oversea jobs is a form of economical help to their countries.

Over 30 unemployed but licensed Nigerian pilots and engineers have protested the influx of expatriates in the aviation industry and stormed the office of the Nigerian Association of Aircraft and Pilots (NAAPE) where they demanded that government should step in before the sector is taken over by foreigners.

The protesters took their case to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, where they demonstrated, lamenting that the incursion of expatriate pilots and engineers in the industry had rendered them jobless despite the fact that they are qualified personnel.

The industry exceeded its expatriate quota in spite of the dearth of manpower in the industry, one of the reasons why the Nigerian professionals are unemployed.

One of the protesters who did not disclose his identity alleged that aeronautic graduate engineers who are not even type rated on any aircraft are given employment by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to issue licence to aircraft maintenance engineers.

The aggrieved protester also accused the regulatory body of not conducting any licence examinations for upcoming aviation practitioners for almost a year, stressing that the situation was not good for the development of the sub-sector.

“With a deeper research, by design of their profession, aeronautic personnel are supposed to be in the factory where aircraft are being manufactured. Aeronautical engineers are destroying the future of the licensed aircraft maintenance engineers in the country.”

But the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority said that it does not have expatriates in its employment, disclosing that the only expatriate working in the organisation is being paid by the World Bank.

The regulatory body dismissed the allegation that its aeronautical engineers are not type rated, saying that NCAA was rated 93 per cent compliant by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

The protesters called on President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint a technocrat from the industry, preferably an air traffic controller, cabin crew personnel, pilots and engineers as the minister of aviation in this dispensation.

“In the air transport industry, aeronautical engineers belong to the designers and the manufacturers of aircraft, they have little relevance in the airline operation because they are not licensed to practise. In Nigeria, we only fly and maintain aircraft and the core professionals are the aforementioned professionals that are licensed.”

Addressing the aggrieved personnel, the National President of NAAPE, Engr. Isaac Balami, urged the protesters to be patient with the government and assured them that President Jonathan would listen to the voice of stakeholders and professionals in the industry by appointing core aviator as the next minister of aviation.

He said, “As far as NAAPE is concerned, you should be patient, because this agitation commenced not too long ago and we should not raise any dust in the sector. NAAPE and other professionals are trying to canvass for the appointment of aviation professional as the Minister of Aviation and I’m sure we are on course.”

aloy/emeka:

Seun asserts that expats are more expensive and you are abusing him with a false claim. Where did he claim that expats are more experienced?

Ikengawo:

you can bribe your way through flight school in nigeria

therefore nigerian flight school credentials have no meaning.
dont blame the airlines for being wise.

The protesters called on  President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint a technocrat from the industry, preferably an air traffic controller, cabin crew personnel, pilots and engineers as the minister of aviation in this dispensation.

Jakumo:

Holy chit. I have heard of Nigerian university degrees being sold to semi-literate area boys and part-time hookers, but could this possibly be true in the aviation academies ?

Also, are there in fact any other Nigerian avaition academies besides the one in Zaria ?

Seun:

They should travel out to look for jobs, or address the reason why airlines prefer to hire expensive expatriates.

Wizardofoz:


And you think sleeping around on NVS is your idea of MERIT?

Rhino.5dm:

This is a step in the right direction. Being an expertiates does not necessary mean more experience, it may be due to the quest of CHEAP labour or the lust for anything foriegn.Believe me, it may be cheaper to hire an indian technician in Nigeria. 

secondly, our labour laws are very porus to prevent the influx of other citizens. In places like Angola, No expertriate will exceed the limit of stay which is 3 years, The government stipulates that period frame as the a maximum time which the expertriate should have impacted his "knowledge" if he has any, on the locals.

Dis Guy:

Holy Cow!!

the so called ministry should be scrapped and placed as an independent aviation department under Ministry of Transportation!