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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by cjrane: 6:37pm On Oct 23, 2013
joeluv: This peeps are fast

Please they shouldn't use that green tile anywhere on the outside of the building. The green tile is for toilets!

They should use the gray tile for the outside of the building o!

Sometimes, i worry when Nigerians choose colors! Only in haiti and Nigeria that I have seen an airport painted Red and Brown on the outside! Whatever happened to standard unique colors as Gray for such government buildings in other parts of the world.

This secretariat should look exactly like the classy prototype in the billboard picture please! Don't paint it green,pink or some odd color.
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by joeluv: 6:47pm On Oct 23, 2013
lol...it wld be painted green and white..check the site http://www.enugustate.gov.ng/ architectural laylout...think that is exactly hw it is gonna look.
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by ezeagu(m): 6:52pm On Oct 23, 2013
I don't know why everything in Nigeria has to be green and white, up to the curb stones on the pavements. Can you imagine if the white house was red and blue or the entire Capitol was covered in red and blue tiles.

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 6:59pm On Oct 23, 2013
joeluv: lol...it wld be painted green and white..check the site http://www.enugustate.gov.ng/ architectural laylout...think that is exactly hw it is gonna look.

Horrible choice of colours!! What's wrong with grey cladding?

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by onuleo(m): 7:15pm On Oct 23, 2013
CFCfan:

Horrible choice of colours!! What's wrong with grey cladding?
no no no! ...if u actualy saw d pix from d link u wldnt b saying dat aloud(pray d actual matches d pix sha) n we shldnt b quick to rush to america n d white house cos we wld b downgrading everytn. av also seen alot of coloured govmnt buildin in Russia n Australia n mayb china ...me thinks d pland design iz perfect for a secreteriat ani were on earth
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by ketoprofen(m): 8:18am On Oct 24, 2013
ezeagu: I don't know why everything in Nigeria has to be green and white, up to the curb stones on the pavements. Can you imagine if the white house was red and blue or the entire Capitol was covered in red and blue tiles.
cjrane:

Please they shouldn't use that green tile anywhere on the outside of the building. The green tile is for toilets!

They should use the gray tile for the outside of the building o!

Sometimes, i worry when Nigerians choose colors! Only in haiti and Nigeria that I have seen an airport painted Red and Brown on the outside! Whatever happened to standard unique colors as Gray for such government buildings in other parts of the world.

This secretariat should look exactly like the classy prototype in the billboard picture please! Don't paint it green,pink or some odd color.
CFCfan:

Horrible choice of colours!! What's wrong with grey cladding?
cjrane:

Please they shouldn't use that green tile anywhere on the outside of the building. The green tile is for toilets!

They should use the gray tile for the outside of the building o!

Sometimes, i worry when Nigerians choose colors! Only in haiti and Nigeria that I have seen an airport painted Red and Brown on the outside! Whatever happened to standard unique colors as Gray for such government buildings in other parts of the world.

This secretariat should look exactly like the classy prototype in the billboard picture please! Don't paint it green,pink or some odd color.

Its called PINGING

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by omicron(m): 11:31am On Oct 24, 2013
If it turns out as it is the here, then I think it's not bad.

Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by passion007: 12:16pm On Oct 24, 2013

An annual art festival and competition held in Enugu concluded on a promising note, eliciting the prognoses of better future outings. Okechukwu Uwaezuoke reports

Instinctively, the viewer’s eyes scanned the oil on canvas painting for Alice and the Mad Hatter. But he was wrong: this was not about the Mad Hatter’s party in Lewis Carol’s classic, Alice in Wonderland. A bespectacled Fedora hat-sporting white dog sits at the head of a roundtable, around which cluster all kinds of animals. The animals include domestic animals, rodents as well as insects and birds. The headgears of the some of the animals evoke the major Nigerian ethnic groups. “Fragments of Unity”, the artist, Henry Osareti Eghosa, titled this work. Could he be alluding to Nigeria?

He must be. Some cryptic message obviously lurks beneath this work. The viewer only paused long enough to capture this painting with his phone’s camera and moved on to other works on display at the exhibition space in Enugu’s Nike Lake Hotel. But little did he know that this would later that day be proclaimed the winning work in the Life in My City Art Festival (called LIMCAF) competition.
The judges – comprising of Professor Chike C. Aniakor (Chairman), Nsikak Essien, Bisi Silva, Professor Sani Muazu, Professor Ohioma Pogoson, Quiterie de Roquefeuil and Dr. Ozioma Onuzulike – had deemed it the best out of the 25 outstanding works sifted from a total of 123 entries based on the theme: “Out of the Frame, Out of the Box”. It had won the overall prize worth N500, 000.
Among the winners announced during the awards ceremony that October 12 evening at the Nike Lake Hotel were those in the Best Sculpture/Installation/Ceramics (Toyeeb Ajayi), Best Photography/Multimedia (Kemi Akinnibosun) and Best Textile/Graphics (Monsuru Alase) categories. Each of these winners got cash prizes of N250, 000 each. Other prizes were the Justice Anthony Aniagolu Prize for Originality (won by Erasmus Onyishi) worth N100, ooo and the Vin Martins Iloh Prize for Best Enugu Entry (won by Izuchukwu Moneme) and Art is Everywhere Prize for Best Waste-to-Art (won by Candidus Onyishi) both worth N50, 000. Because the overall winner emerged from the Best Painting/Multimedia/Drawing category the N250, 000 prize meant was understandably not awarded. It had become superfluous.

Arriving at a shortlist of 25 works out of the many entries and selecting the eventual winners was expectedly a daunting task. The judging panel, chaired by Professor Aniakor, had fulfilled this assignment in three stages. “In the first stage, each of the seven judges had the liberty to critically study all the works on display and select up to 25 pieces based primarily on the originality of thought, creative handling of materials/media and conceptual engagement with the theme, ‘Out of the Box’.”

After comparing notes from each of its members’ shortlists, the jury identified “27 most re-occurring pieces” in the lot. They further pruned down the list to 25 after returning to the exhibition hall and subjecting the works to a long critical discussion.

Each of the jury members would propose four of his or her best works from out of the 25 in the second stage. It is from these that 10 works would emerge as possible prize winners. In the final stage, after a heated critique session on all the 10 works, the jury settled for the winners.

On its seventh edition, this art festival and competition held annually in Enugu had made a recent foray into the Lagos art scene, where it organised an exhibition supported by the Alliance Française Network in Nigeria, Diamond Bank and Access Bank at the National Museum of Unity Onikan, Lagos. This Lagos exhibition also enjoyed the support of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments.

Similar exhibitions either simultaneously or had already taken place in cities like Ibadan, Kaduna, Abuja, Jos, Calabar Owerri, Port Harcourt, Auchi, Uyo and Enugu as the collection centres of the zones in the country. The exhibitions held at the second stage at the level of the zone of a three-stage process leading to the final stage. This final stage was the just-concluded grand finale exhibition to be held in Enugu on Saturday October 12.

The annual festival and competition had first begun as an experiment of sorts. This was in 2006, when the founder and Chief Executive of the very prominent outdoor advertising agency, Rocana Nigeia Limited, Robert Oji, sought sustainable ways to challenge and encourage the hordes of art students in the tertiary institutions in and around Enugu. These students had very few exhibition possibilities in their increasingly philistinic environ. A few lucky ones had occasional opportunities to hold exhibitions at the Alliance Française centre along Neni Street in Enugu.

With a two-man team comprising of Esona Onuoha and Onyinye Igbo (one man and one woman really), both staff members of Rocana, he had started the project. He had charged the duo to develop a proposal, which could eventually attract support from other sources for a youth art competition aimed at stimulating creativity in the visual arts.

Egged on by the initial support of Alliance Française Enugu then headed by Dr. Gerard Chouin and two enthusiastic members of the local branch of the Pan African Circle of Artists in Enugu, Ayo Adewunmi and Krydz Ikwuemesi, the idea began to grow phenomenally.
It has since grown to include an international photo contest the Photo Africa competition and exhibition for young photographers less than 35 years of age, who live and work in Africa. The winner of the competition, which first held last year, is Oluwafemi Falodun.
Meanwhile, the theme for the next year’s edition of the competition, chosen after a breakfast-time brain-storming session at the Nike Lake Hotel, is “The Future I See”.

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 12:21am On Oct 25, 2013
this is lovely kiss
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by passion007: 6:47am On Oct 25, 2013
centje: this is lovely kiss
I posted it specifically for you. Hahaha.
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by ARROBA(m): 10:54am On Oct 25, 2013
Ethiopian airline will start using boeing 767 300er for Enugu flight starting from the 13th of November.

Boeing 767 300er have more seating capacity than the one they are currently using(737 800) for Enugu route. It looks like passenger traffic has increased on the ETH - ENU route.



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Posted 25 October 2013 06:22

As per 25OCT13 GDS timetable/inventory display, Ethiopian Airlines’ latest operation changes for Winter 2013/14 season as follow.

Addis Ababa – Bangkok – Hong Kong Revised operational frequencies
27OCT13 – 18NOV13 Service operates once a week (Day 4)
19NOV13 – 29MAR14 Service operates 3 times a week (Except 18JAN14 – 13FEB14)
ET628 ADD0040 – 1335BKK1435 – 1845HKG 763 246
ET629 HKG2150 – 0005+1BKK0110+1 – 0630+1ADD 763 246

Addis Ababa – Cotonou – Abidjan eff 20NOV13 Service increases from 3 weekly 737-800 to 4 weekly 737/757 (Previously planned 4 weekly 757)
ET917 ADD0950 – 1315COO1415 – 1430ABJ 757 357
ET917 ADD0950 – 1315COO1415 – 1430ABJ 737 1

ET916 ABJ0930 – 1145COO1235 – 2000ADD 757 146
ET916 ABJ0930 – 1145COO1235 – 2000ADD 737 2

Addis Ababa – Ouagadougou – Abidjan (ET927/926) reduces from 4 to 3 weekly from 20NOV13

Addis Ababa – Delhi – Hangzhou Service remains at daily flight. 2 of 7 weekly Delhi – Hangzhou sector remains subject to Government Approval
ET688 ADD0015 – 0850DEL0950 – 1805HGH 763 D
ET689 HGH2100 – 0120+1DEL0220+1 – 0715+1ADD 763 D

Addis Ababa – Enugu eff 20NOV13 Boeing 767-300ER replaces 737-800, 4 times a week
ET931 ADD1000 – 1230ENU 763 x247
ET930 ENU1330 – 2000ADD 763 x247


Addis Ababa – Jeddah Capacity adjustment, which sees Boeing 737-800/757/767-300ER operating from 22NOV13
ET402 ADD0020 – 0310JED 738 146
ET402 ADD0020 – 0310JED 763 23
ET402 ADD0020 – 0310JED 757 57

ET403 JED0430 – 0725ADD 738 146
ET403 JED0430 – 0725ADD 763 23
ET403 JED0430 – 0725ADD 757 57

Addis Ababa – Johannesburg Boeing 787 to operate 6 – 7 weekly (Daily from 04NOV13 to 15NOV13, 6 weekly [Day x4] from 16NOV13)
Addis Ababa – Juba eff 19NOV13 6 of 14 weekly service operated by Boeing 737-700, replaces Dash8-Q400 (Previously planned 7 of 14 weekly)
Addis Ababa – Kuwait City 27OCT13 – 17DEC13 Service reduces from daily to 6 weekly (Day x3), 737-800 operating
Addis Ababa – Pointe Noire 02NOV13 – 17NOV13 3 of 5 weekly (Day 267) service operated by Boeing 757, replaces 737-800 (Previously planned to operate for entire Winter season)

Previously planned changes:
Addis Ababa – Bamako – Dakar eff 20NOV13 Boeing 767-300ER replaces 757, 4 weekly
Addis Ababa – Bangkok – Singapore eff 03DEC13 3 of 7 weekly Bangkok service extends to Singapore (new destination)
Addis Ababa – Guangzhou eff 19NOV13 Boeing 777-300ER tentatively scheduled to operate 3 of 7 weekly service, replacing -200LR
Addis Ababa – Harare – Lusaka – Addis Ababa eff 20NOV13 Boeing 787 replaces 767-300ER, 4 weekly
Addis Ababa – Libreville eff 29OCT13 Boeing 757 replaces 737-800 (Service operates 6 weekly from 27OCT13 to 19NOV13)
Addis Ababa – London Heathrow eff 27OCT13 All 6 weekly service operates nonstop in both direction. Boeing 787 replaces 767-300ER from 18NOV13
Addis Ababa – Luanda eff 20NOV13 Boeing 777-300ER replaces 777-200LR, 3 weekly
Addis Ababa – Lusaka – Harare – Addis Ababa eff 19NOV13 Boeing 787 replaces 767-300ER, 3 weekly
Addis Ababa – Maputo eff 19NOV13 Service increases from 5 weekly (Day x13) 737-700 to daily 737-800
Addis Ababa – Milan Malpensa – Stockholm 20NOV13 – 10DEC13 Service operates 3 weekly with 757, replacing certain Addis Ababa – Cairo – Stockholm route
Addis Ababa – Mumbai Eff 19NOV13 Boeing 787 resumes operation, replacing 767-300ER
Addis Ababa – N’Djamena eff 19NOV13 Service increases from 6 weekly (Day x5) to daily
Addis Ababa – Niamey – Ouagadougou eff 20NOV13 NEW routing, service operates 4 times a week (Niamey is resumed destination)
Addis Ababa – Paris CDG – Brussels eff 02DEC13 Paris CDG – Brussels sector continues operation, 5 weekly
Addis Ababa – Rome – Milan Malpensa 20NOV13 – 10DEC13 Service reduces from 7 to 4 weekly, 767-300ER operating


http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/223603/ethiopian-airlines-w13-operation-changes-as-of-25oct13/

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by asha80(m): 11:11am On Oct 25, 2013
/arroba that is nice.
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by henrychubayo: 11:46am On Oct 25, 2013
@ARROBA, this thing is a great news .Bigger flight means we are improving. But what impress me so much is the way u provided the details and the source. Its a great different b/t most of our brothers here and other ppl. People like u ARROBA, CFC fan, Joeluv, Igboson, centje, and many others that I can't remember their names makes a post of verifiable facts here which is good. How different this post must have been if you just simply say it without the facts and the source been mentioned and provided.

Gradually improving.
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by awodman: 12:03pm On Oct 25, 2013
@ARROBA I was rushing to post this goodnews and you beat me to it..its well

Enugu and southeast is making progress!
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by kostadinis: 12:27pm On Oct 25, 2013
@ARROBA, thanks for the heart-warming news. Today's tracking shows another flight departing for Addis Ababa.
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by signz: 1:12pm On Oct 25, 2013
To God be the glory smiley

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by ezeagu(m): 1:33pm On Oct 25, 2013
Christmas traffic will be interesting.

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 8:54pm On Oct 25, 2013
@ARROBA: This is good news. It shows that the cynics who doubted the viability of the Enugu airport, have been proved wrong.
Deploying a 767-300ER on 4 weekly flights is a huge vote of confidence in the Enugu-Addis Ababa route. Once again, kudos to Ethiopian airline for their decision.

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by fromuk(m): 10:46pm On Oct 25, 2013
Thank God I decided to reach this area tonight. Normally, I hate Heathrow, I alway use London city, but this time I will patronise Heathrow for the sake of Enugu, Igboland and Nigeria in general. Checking ET web site now.

Please please guy don't make it public cos I don't wanna sign too much AUTHOGRAPH in Ethiopia or Enugu am running shot of ink.

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Edwike: 4:09am On Oct 26, 2013
"ALUU" LYNCH MOB ON RAMPAGE AGAIN: NDIGBO SPEAK OUT.
Stella's crime for which she must be burnt is that she dared to dismantle the mafia that have controlled Nigeria's aviation industry since the 70s. The same people who were comfortable while planes were literally falling from Nigerian skies under Prof Babalola Borishade, Femi Fani Kayode and other past ministers have found their voice
because Madam Stella has threatened their stranglehold on the aviation industry.
All manner of lies and half truths are being churned out daily since the initial allegation of ethnic cleansing against her was decisively dismissed with data obtained from the aviation ministry.
Even pilot mistakes leading to air disasters were used against her with mundane questions like "why didn't the Minister train the pilots". Haba Nigerians, how many times will they fool you and use you to fight their dirty stomach wars? Can't you see that "Aluu" beckons?
In case you are not familiar with details of the latest plot against Minister Oduah, let me help you.
Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, wife of former minister of works, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi, was appointed aviation minister in July 2011. She holds Bachelors and Masters Degree (in Accounting and Business Administration respectively) from the United States and worked with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for 9 years before she left to establish the Sea Petroleum & Gas Company Limited (SPG), an independent marketer of petroleum products in Nigeria in 1993. She was also actively involved in the Jonathan 2011 election campaigns.
Upon her resumption at the aviation ministry, she set about reforming the industry with a view to removing the cancer that has eaten deep into the ministry and contributed to aircrafts falling off Nigerian skies. From 1973 to date, Nigeria has suffered at least 11 major air disasters including Royal Jordanian Airline crash in Kano in 1973, Nigerian Airways (1978), Harka Air (1995), Nigerian Airways (1995), ADC (1996), EAS Airline (2002), Bellview (2005), Sosoliso (2005), Airforce Transport plane (2006), Dana (2012) and Associated Airline (2013) have been recorded in Nigeria. There were other "minor' crashes including the crash of a private plane at Obudu that killed 3 on-board in 2008. There was also the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) C-130 plane crash of 26 September 1992 that killed about 168 military officers, mostly of the rank of Major.
These incidents rained tears and sorrow on Nigerians from our skies and while it is true that air accidents occur regularly even in developed countries, Nigerians were worried about the frequency and demanded all round improvements in the aviation sector.
The mantle fell on Princess Adaeze Oduah to fashion out and execute sustainable improvements in the aviation sector. To do that she must necessarily change the way things are done in the ministry as it was obvious to informed Nigerians that the sector has been on the decline for long. A time was (1958-2003) when we had a flag carrier, Nigerian Airways, with as much as 30 aircrafts in their fleet. While mis-management, corruption, and overstaffing were identified as reasons behind the demise of Nigeria Airways, it is noteworthy that nobody went to jail because of Nigerian Airways. The same individuals who mismanaged the company were recycled back to the aviation system where they constituted themselves into a mafia that control what happens in the sector. They midwifed the failed Virgin Nigeria arrangement that forced Mr Richard Branson to later cry about the way business is done in Nigeria. At the same time most of the staff of the Nigerian Airways were smuggled back to the aviation system even when overstaffing was identified as one of the reasons for failure of Nigerian Airways. What nobody dare talk about is even the quality of the staff that "overstaffed" Nigerian Airways or how that quality continues to bestride the aviation ministry.
Equally challenging for Oduah must be the sundry agreements and concessions entered into by previous leaders of the aviation sector in collaboration with political leaders of Nigeria. Typical examples are the Bi-courtney, Pan Express and Maevis agreements which had clauses that ensure that the beneficiaries perpetually milk our aviation sector. Note carefully that all these agreements were floated by same people who grounded Nigerian airways. They literally "enter" every new aviation minister or head of an aviation parastatal by first corrupting them with gifts and praises on appointment as well as showing them one or two ways money can be made illegally. If the minister or agency head "cooperates" with them, he or she will have a peaceful long reign and retire in wealth. But if the new head tries to radically tilt the balance against them, they start with threats of media war, blackmail and ultimately threat to life. I listened to a friend describe how the Bi-Courtney agreement emerged and shook my head so hard that it almost fell off my shoulder. Even associations operating in the aviation sector like Association of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Air Transport Service Senior Staff Association (ATSSSAN) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) are all neck deep in the rot in aviation. They also have firm control of the media with their enormous capacity to "induce and deduce"
If most Nigerians know what goes on in that sector, they will ask Stella Oduah to line everyone associated with the aviation ministry and shoot them at pointblank range. Fortunately or unfortunately, Nigeria is not China so she must necessarily walk a different path to bring change or choose to smile through her regime like one of her predecessors. But I will like Nigerians to quietly find out why Kema Chikwe and Stella Odua remain the best ministers of aviation and also the most hated among the members of aviation round table. Try and ask all the other ministers that lynch mobs were not arranged for specific changes they made to the industry. You will likely listen to one long speech without substance but you only need to check out their personal finances to know that aviation life was good to them.
Stella Oduah did not only review the anti-people agreements and concessions previously entered into by ministers before her, she started an aggressive facility expansion with zeal. (I typed this piece looking at the 90% completed new PH Airport terminal at Omagwa). Most of our airports are wearing new looks just within 2 years of "Stellanization" of aviation ministry. Makes you want to ask what other ministers have been doing since 40 years ago. Total radar coverage of Nigeria airspace was pursued with vigor and new modern whether measurement equipment installed at major airports as well as state of technology night vision equipments. Runways and terminal buildings were expanded, refurbished and modernized in addition to training and retraining of staff of aviation regulatory agencies like NCAA, FAAN and TRANCON now undertaken at regular and routine basis. Anti-Nigeria bilateral air service agreements (BASA) with foreign airlines were reviewed and equity ensured. She also established a state of the technology aviation laboratory at Abuja that ended the era of "sending blackbox to USA". (It is on record that within one week of the Agagu plane crash, the blackbox was analyzed at Abuja and initial reports including onboard conversations published). Things are looking up within 2 short years and nobody in the industry argues that Stella has not done better than others before her. Even the Presidency recently confirmed her top performance credentials.
Stella is fighting the system (corruption) armed only with presidential support and the system (corruption) is fighting back.
First they tried to whip up ethnic sentiments, a sure winning card in Nigeria, against her by alleging "ethnic cleansing" in the ministry. The ministry was forced to leak out the staff composition of the ministry by state of origin and it became clear that the supposedly "cleansed" ethnic group still constitute 64% of the staff strength of the ministry. That campaign abated and of course they also got a new DG of NCAA after their own heart, Captain Folayele Akinkuotu, to assuage their anger after the sack of DG Harold Demuren following the Dana plane crash.. The much maligned Acting DG left the scene brutalized by the mafians.
But the launching of international commercial flights to Enugu Airport with lavish celebration by Nigerians of Igbo origin must have rankled the aviation mafia seriously. They literally declared war on Oduah and the threat on her life emerged in the public space around that period.
No doubt, one of the implications of the the Enugu International Airport breakthrough after 53 years of Nigeria's independence is that Lagos Airport will likely lose traffic to Enugu with conservative estimates of about 30% passenger traffic loss. That can only mean less money for those who control every passenger check desk at Murtala Muhammed International Airport. Even local flights traffic to Lagos is expected to be impacted as Enugu grows into a major International hub to Asia, South Africa, Israel, America and Europe. It is no secret within aviation circles that the bulk of passengers going to China, Malaysia, India, Israel, Taiwan, UAE and South Africa are traders from the South Eastern part of Nigeria. Those traders are also the easiest targets for extortionists at MM Airport because they are hardly aware of or conscious of their rights and so can easily be manipulated to part with valuable money and materials. If they now travel through Enugu you can naturally also expect faster pace of development within the South Eastern economic block. Tourism, transport business and other aviation support services will grow and bloom.
An economically buoyant south east should help Governor Fashola achieve legal deportation or "translocation" because most of the so called Igbo miscreants will voluntarily return home and may be visit Niger Bridge Beach as against being dumped at the Bridgehead at 3am in the morning. Is that not a win-win for all?
If one of Stella's sins is actualization of Enugu International Airport, it is therefore not difficult to guess who was responsible for ensuring that Enugu International Airport never took off before Minister Stella's regime. Also the coincidence of "Enugu is the unsafest state" report appearing in yesterday's premium times lend credence to suspicions of a coordinated onslaught against Stella and Enugu International Airport. Unless someone can explain to me convincingly how Enugu state declared by the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubaka, as the safest state in Nigeria suddenly changed call signs to the unsafest "according to research conducted". Even when 4 Nigerian states are under state of emergency because of insecurity? Odikwa Egwu O!
That the internationalization of Akanu Ibiam Airport was a major campaign demand of the leaders of the South East is also understandable. It is also understandable for political opposition elements to try to sabotage it or downplay the significance of President Jonathan fulfilling that promise. All na politics. The only problem is that the Minister who supervised it's realization underestimated the capacity of those opposed to it to unleash subterfuge and mayhem to whoever will break the almost age-old jinx. Talks of Israeli direct flights to Enugu with expected signing of BASA agreement with Israel tomorrow must also be too much for them to bear. To them, Stella must go quickly and be replaced with someone who will slow down the pace at which reforms are happening in the aviation sector before it gets to the "rich also cry" level. I do not want to go into why Kano International Airport remains essentially a Hajj airlift airport since it was designated as international airport. But you can guess that the same forces conspiring against Akanu Ibiam International Airport know a thing or two about that too. One day we will also find out why Lagos Ports are congested whereas PH and Calabar ports are grossly under-utilized.
Shortly after the crash of the Agagu plane, the cabal resurrected their propaganda machine with one former Aviation minister who is associated with drug use leading the charge online and writing articles and posts using his many pseudonyms. He promptly called for the Minister's sack for (sic) not "preventing the crash". Even when transcripts of the the cockpit conversations clearly recorded Captain Yakubu Abdulrahman arguing with the First officer who wanted take-off aborted because of computer warning on the screen against take off. Apparently the Captain prevailed and took the Associated Airline aircraft up and exactly what the First Officer predicted happened-engine freeze and crash resulting in loss of valuable lives.
I was initially surprised how such a tragedy can be "hanged" on the head of the minister, especially knowing that even in US pilot error induced plane crashes occur quite regularly with a recent pilot error suspected Asiana Airline crash at San Francisco Airport in July this year still fresh on my mind. The Boeing 777 aircraft was carrying more than 307 passengers from Seoul South Korea. Many more chartered aircrafts have crashed in US this year and over the years but I am yet to read of any orchestrated "Aviation (Transport Secretary in US) must go" campaign as a result of those incidents. But I now understand that this is still Nigeria, especially with men who have vested interest in the removal and possible humiliation of the incumbent occupant who has refused to allow them to "chop I chop".
With the publication of the transcript of the Agagu plane making nonsense of their campaign, they opted to go for "final solution". Knowing that there is no arse that will be scrutinized without seeing excreta, they commissioned rats to look for incriminating materials from anywhere within the aviation ministry. When one of their rats stumbled on purchase receipts for bullet proof cars in one of the aviation agencies, NCAA, they must have screamed "Eureka, we've got her". Yet there was a minor constraint; she didn't sign any of the documents and the purchase was not in her name but rather in the name of NCAA headed by DG Captain Folayele Akinkuotu who was appointed in March 2013 by President Goodluck Jonathan as a replacement for amiable and hardworking Dr. Harold Demuren from Ogun State who served from 2005 to 2013.
Wala!
The media arm of the cabal found a wonderful and persuasive word; "forced". Pronto, a captivating title emerged from the popular leader of online junk news, Sahara Reporters: "How Aviation Minister Stella Oduah Forced Cash-Strapped Aviation Agency To Spend $1.6 Million On Two BMW Armored Cars For Her". And the story literally caught fire with all those who have any axe to grind with reformist Minister Oduah re publishing the story and even introducing new versions and twists, some bothering on the ridiculous.
Online Aluu mob gathered and cornered their next victim. Even near illiterates on aviation and public procurement matters became experts overnight with some swearing on their grandmother's graves that there was no budget for the procurement, due process was not followed and the price was inflated. It looked more like the Jesus trial before Pontius pilate where the crowd in unison screamed "crucify him, crucify him". Anyone who dared raise a voice in her defense or to ask questions was blackmailed with anti-corruption war or or allegation of tribalism. To boot, strong Igbo online and media voices have either retreated to ensure they are not tainted by the fuel of the Aluu mob or chosen to join the mob to cement their "nationalist" credentials. Some of them even attempted to blackmail those who took up the fight to stop the mob from setting Oduah on fire without due process. Others whose backgrounds are well known turned "anti-corruption" warriors overnight.
........TO BE CONTINUED................

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by henrychubayo: 8:34am On Oct 26, 2013
fromuk: Thank God I decided to reach this area tonight. Normally, I hate Heathrow, I alway use London city, but this time I will patronise Heathrow for the sake of Enugu, Igboland and Nigeria in general. Checking ET web site now.

Please please guy don't make it public cos I don't wanna sign too much AUTHOGRAPH in Ethiopia or Enugu am running shot of ink.

Try and take as many pictures wen u land in Enugu as possible and post them here. Thanks
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 8:50am On Oct 26, 2013
passion007:
I posted it specifically for you. Hahaha.
lol...thanks cheesy that was a thought provoking concept. I have some new works, hope to share soon.

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 9:10am On Oct 26, 2013
henrychubayo: @ARROBA, this thing is a great news .Bigger flight means we are improving. But what impress me so much is the way u provided the details and the source. Its a great different b/t most of our brothers here and other ppl. People like u ARROBA, CFC fan, Joeluv, Igboson, centje, and many others that I can't remember their names makes a post of verifiable facts here which is good. How different this post must have been if you just simply say it without the facts and the source been mentioned and provided.

Gradually improving.
it can only get better, we will surely win the fight. just give a igbo man a lil chance and he will magnify it. lets just pray the new terminal and other facilities are completed before the end of this tenure. trust igbos on making it one of the busiest port. however, I have fears concerning the management being at the federal level. it might still end up mismanaged like every other federal govt facilities.
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 10:14pm On Oct 26, 2013
The level of hatred been shown towards our people is so much that I can't seem to comprehend why, but like my father will always say" NOBODY ENVIES A NEVER DO WELL",I then deduced that we are really doing well, perhaps the reason for nationwide hatred and envy. I have made up my mind that by the end of 2014, I will resign and relocate to Enugu and open up a good business with what I have saved so far. I am also sensitizing and creating awareness to my network of friends and colleagues residing abroad to use our airport anytime they want to come home. All igbo sons and daughters on this nairaland abi na Yorubaland Forum should also be doing same.

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 10:22pm On Oct 26, 2013
2015 cant come soon enough. By then, one can proudly show-off the international terminal as a world-class edifice cool
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Teenom(m): 9:59am On Oct 27, 2013
@arroba

A welcome change in strategy coming from Ethiopian.

737 is a single aisle aircraft that holds about 110 to 140 people a 767 is a dual aisle aircraft that holds about 200 people. On to specifics:

Boeing 737-800 versus Boeing 767-300ER
39.50 m 129 ft 7 in length 54.90 m 180 ft 1 in
34.30 m 112 ft 6 in wingspan 47.60 m 156 ft 2 in
125.00 m2 1,345 ft2 wingarea 283.30 m2 3,049 ft2
12.50 m 41 ft 0 in height 15.80 m 51 ft 10 in
162 passengers capacity 218 passengers


source:
http://www.aviatorjoe.net/go/compare/737-800/767-300ER/

@other Airlines: Take note, Ethiopian will a have bountiful Christmas season. Start booking your Easter tickets. I'm looking forward to my short stay in Addis Ababa en route to ENU (AIIA).
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by oilsuop: 2:42pm On Oct 27, 2013
Enugu ni ba je

i wan to com to enugu pls how can i make my way sad
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by oilykid(m): 3:19pm On Oct 27, 2013
oil suop: Enugu ni ba je

i wan to com to enugu pls how can i make my way sad
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nebeuwa(m): 5:26pm On Oct 27, 2013
Keep on progressing my Igbo brothers and sisters. Enugu must be made great in order to represent the collective aspirations of the Ndigbo.

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Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by cjrane: 5:40pm On Oct 27, 2013
Nebeuwa: Keep on progressing my Igbo brothers and sisters. Enugu must be made great in order to represent the collective aspirations of the Ndigbo.

I am particularly impressed that you ignored that Yoruba boy that has come here to look for trouble and mess up this thread.
I am truly grateful that our people are learning their insidious ways of destruction of anything Igbo,and not inadvertently grating them their vicious desire.
Thank you Nebeuwa for sticking to the issues and avoiding those troublesome sons of satan.
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 7:38pm On Oct 31, 2013
We have to ignore the fools that always come here to vent their tribalistic bigot nature on our trade
Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by obum042: 9:56pm On Oct 31, 2013
Just heard on radio nigeria(coal city fm) that the first batch of pilgrims will be air lifted this night via AIIA enugu(on 31 oct 13).

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