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FDI is needed across the federating states to cushion the effects of dwindling FOREX earnings.

Good step in the right direction Wiked Wike

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Rivers State Government and the management of Ethiopian Airlines have reached an agreement in principle for the operation of permanent international flights from the Port Harcourt International Airport, subject to the approval of the relevant federal authorities.

The two parties reached the agreement at the Headquarters of Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa after a high-powered meeting attended by the Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Dr Tewolde Gebremariam, the Chief Commercial Officer, Esayas Wolde Mariam, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Busera Awel, Managing Director, Sales International, Lemma Yadecha, Regional Director, Sales and Services , Western Africa, Mitiku Asrat and Manager, Group Alliance and Commercial Cooperation, Hewoel Lemma.

Chief Commercial Officer, Esayas Wolde Mariam, in an address declared that Ethiopian Airlines has agreed to fly permanently from Port Harcourt International Airport subject to the approval of the Federal Authorities.

He said: "We are willing and capable to fly into Port Harcourt on a regular basis. For now, we have exhausted our Bilateral Air Agreement Approval and we need another approval to operate the Port Harcourt route.

"We need your help to ensure that approval comes from the Federal Authorities. At first, there should be a temporary operating permit, pending the final approval ".

The Chief Commercial Officer added that Ethiopian Airlines needs the initial support of the Rivers State Government for handling and aviation infrastructure in Port Harcourt to develop the new Market.

He declared that Ethiopian Airlines will also embark on advertisements to promote Port Harcourt as a tourist and investment destination.

Vice President, Strategic Planning, Busera Awel of Ethiopian Airlines made a presentation on the capacity and vision of the Airline for the continent.

In his response, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike declared that the State Government is willing to provide an enabling environment for Ethiopian Airlines to operate in the state. He assured that he will meet with the Minister of Aviation to ensure that Port Harcourt International Airport is approved for Ethiopian Airlines as a destination.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike declared that his administration is working on making Port Harcourt a regional air transport hub for greater economic development of the state.

He said: "As we therefore consolidate on our achievements, we want to also focus on making Port Harcourt city a regional air transport hub through the private public partnership approach while leveraging on the existing aviation infrastructure and related market and other advantages of the State.

" I wish to assure you that we are ready to do everything within our powers and spheres of authority and influence to facilitate the realization of your interest and desire directly and sustainably fly from Port Harcourt to Addis Ababa and other parts of the world".

Governor Wike thanked Ethiopian Airlines for their interest in expanding and retaining their services in Port Harcourt city. He said that the Rivers State Government will offer its social partnership, goodwill and support.

The Governor noted that Port Harcourt is strategically located to serve as a transit point for the entire South-South and parts of the South-East.

"We have agreed in principle that there is need for Ethiopian Airlines to fly from Port Harcourt to other destinations. Port Harcourt is a destination of choice, as it easily accessible for the entire South-South and other states in the South-East", Governor Wike said.

Governor Wike was accompanied by Former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt Hon Austin Opara, Rivers State PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah, Director General of Rivers State Bureau of Public Procurement, Mr Thompson Emmanuel , Former House of Assembly Member, Felix Nwaeke, Former Eleme Local Government Area Chairman, Chief Ejor N. Ejor and President of Port Harcourt Investors and Entrepreneurs Forum, Ibifiri Bob-Manuel.

Also on Thursday, Governor Wike was led on a Facility Tour at Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa. The Governor and his delegation were briefed on the capacity of Ethiopian Airlines to Service the Port Harcourt-Addis Ababa International Route
This route is a gateway to the Middle East and Fast East Asia. It is also a budget airline to Europe.

Is this not thesame Ugwuanyi some wailers on this platform claimed was doing nothing in Enugu state.

Nigerians and casting down ehnn.

Dynamic unbalanced...basic physics

Dis suffercated pipu sef.

Ifesinachi22:
If your girlfriend has never called you to share her pains with you when she gets her menses so u can comfort her.
Then my brother, am sorry to say "you are not the main man"

This is one of the miscreants inundating this platform

GOFRONT:
Owner of the dog..A soldier....

Father of the Boy.....A soldier....

Na dem dem.....Make dem settle themselves.....I wish the young chap a speedy recovery.....

As for the dog, Pls my Calabar friend Ekong is here Salivating already...

I didn't read anywhere in this thread where it was mentioned that any of the baby's parent is a soldier

The dog think say the pikin na breakfast ni....meanwhile op why you come exercise discretion conceal the pitbull head come dey exhibit the small pikin turn skull like fashion parade..

Who takes seriously what a speaking in tongue junky says

Ofcourse the herdsman and his terrorist party will reject any report that doesn't eulogise them, bunches of chronic schizophrenics.

You know you don't have national data base for anything and yet the ones provided you by renowned global organisations with capacity for scientific data gathering...you reject on what basis I might ask..

Starlight10:
Who remembers that cartoon Samarai Jack? Buhari is the evil Aku and Nigeria needs a Samarai to save us from him.

Sweetheart you watched that too...that's my best cartoon animation ever
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If this il educated, certificate forging herdsman doesn't destroy Nigeria with his uncouth unusually high nepotic tendencies no one else would.

Since Ekweremadu was rough handled by Ipob Germany branch his reasoning has become issue of worry.

How can that Nincoompoo be saying he is happy with the investment on road infrastructure when his region has been largely neglected from the sectoral allocation to the works and housing ministry by the herdsman in Aso rock, is he so daft or blind to the plethora of bad federal roads in the south east, perhaps he still needs sympathy from the terrorist party to fully recover from the pummeling he recieved from the survivors of the python dance.

The artist wey draw that fake scorpion for em chest..Em papa!!

They should start with Buhari and Kemi

Ok

Choi! Where are they lemme squeeze their necks, I wonder what kind of advice she's seeking after she had already made up her mind to be her brother's wife.

Awon Jermie ati Cercei Lannister.

Madt geh.

I am absolutely sure police had their statement spiced to hoodwink the public into believing they are working.

Or could it be the handy work of our overzealous Ops..

Very vague and undetailed, this report is very much in tune with the mediocrity that has come to be associated with Nigerian security agencies .

Blue3k:
Lol that child predator gets no sympathy from me. He knew the age of consent and didnt care. Ivan Drago said it best.

https://cdn.sportsgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/drago-ifhedieshedies.jpg

What are you even saying....what is the age of consent in Nigeria?

Autotech312:
What has Quran got to do with this.....u have a problem.

....and who is this Bushmeat..?

Wetin be all dis tubes dem carry criss cross thd bobo body like dat.?

Good for nothing opportunity cost govina with beautiful small fyn dauta.

I hope he has found the infidel that desecrated the sacred pages of the holy Quran that was found in the sewer ..Awon oloshi

The Nobel prize has left sub Sahara Africa for good.

viccipedia:
Lol e don start.

There’s always a need for hegemony in every political setting. Most times the hegemon milks the underdogs in order to set an example for development. It’s a pity that the hegemon in the Nigerian political setting is the underdeveloped north.

I guess it’s safe to say that the hegemon will not stop till the south is as underdeveloped as the north.

Lol very strange and queer postulation

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Monday said that the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II is fighting to keep the throne because of his unpopular opinions.

He said this on Monday at a panel session held as part of the activities for the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit.

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, had created four new emirates in a bid to reduce Sanusi’s influence.

Kukah said, “The emir is here, he is still fighting for his life because of the position that he has taken and all of you sitting here know that it has literally become a matter to a particular course because the things he is saying are not popular.”

He called for more investments in education.

He said,  “The money that comes from the centre to our states, who is it meant for?

“When you say education is on the concurrent list, I worry that many of our states are providing opportunities for incubators of hatred to grow.

“If you take northern Nigeria where there is no single Christian or woman in the state assembly, women are lucky if they become commissioners for women’s affairs.”

Kukah said he understood the importance of education, adding that this was why he had so far established five secondary schools.

He said 60 per cent of the students in his schools are Muslims.

The cleric added, “I have five secondary schools and I have to rely on the little collection that I receive in my church to send children to school and in many of the schools, 60 per cent of the children are Muslims.”

https://punchng.com/sanusi-fighting-for-his-life-for-unpopular-opinions-kukah/

Canadian-American James Peebles and Swiss scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for their work in cosmology, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

Peebles won one-half of the prize “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology,” while Mayor and Queloz shared the other half “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star,” professor Goran Hansson, secretary general of the academy, told a press conference.

https://punchng.com/nobel-physics-prize-goes-to-canadian-american-two-swiss-scientists/

eniorisha:
Check the ratio of the workforce to d entire Lagos population, u will understand that workforce is not over bloated. So it's not a factor of land mass but more of population size.

Too me, 100, 400 public workers isn't too many for Lagos state. But they must be productive.

How many percent of that population are indigenous to Lagos state, we must start changing our mindset that government must constitute the biggest employer of labour, that's a very erroneous view, government should be an enabler for privately owned businesses to thrive and create employment not the other way round.

Governments at all levels in the country as it were are already overburdened by ridiculous recurrent expenditures of which most go to paying salaries, pensions and gratuities leaving very little for capital projects.