₦airaland Forum

Jingo-OAU:
Am very sure that 90percent of us here are novice when it comes to aviation business. As a Cabin Crew, I still know some details concerning the passenger traffic.

Those things some of us know are little compared to those things we do not know. Some of us just concluded prematurely that Igbos constitute over 50percent of air travellers in Nigeria, and I laugh. As a cabin crew, before a flight take off, we already have the flight manifest with us where passengers name are written.

Let me divert our attention a bit, Aminu Kano int'l airport in Kano carries more passengers than all the south east airports combined both local and international flights. Infact, most flights coming from Libya, lebanon, malaysia, egypt, saudi arabi, Dubai, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Georgia, and some other middle east countries are populated by the Hausas. All these flights are restricted to the nothern part of Nigeria, especially for those Hausa traders who import and export their goods. 95percent of Hausa traders ply Kano airport instead of Lagos for international flight. Infact, all the hajj and umrah operations concerning Hausas are done in Kano.

Let it be clear to most of us here that flights originating frm LOS to Kaduna, kano, Maiduguri, abuja, and some other less important airports are populated by Hausa traders. Nevertheless, in as much am not disputing the fact that Igbos do travel a lot. Their travellings only peak once in a year and dats during december alone. For the northerners, they travel everynow and then, but dey dnt stay permanently in foreign countries.

The reason no airports in southwest of Nigeria carries more passenger is cos of proximity to Lagos. It will definitely make no business sense for another airport to be situated in Ogun state. For instance, southwest of Nigeria is as big as Ghana, yet the whole of Ghana only have Kotoka int'l airport as d main functional airport. Its very much better for any passenger residing in ibadan, abeokuta, oshogbo,etc to drive straight to Lagos rather than boarding an unnecessary flight direct frm their source.

Moreso, some people even talk as if we are so rich in this country. How many nairalander has travelled out of this country not to talk of travelling with an aeroplane within Nigeria. And yet, some idiots would be beating their chest that their ancestors travelled more than others when in actual sense, they are limited to their erosion-driven region doing farming.

you sound bitter.

op why not allow the foreign airlines that have decided to use that route make the decision whether it is profitable or not.

i have a feeling power would become the next cash cow after telecoms.

billante: I think by next week payment of laid off staffs should be completed, they are already receiving their bank alerts as we speak!
And deadline for complete payment of the un bundled phcn by the buyers is sept, so by oct all PHCN entities should be operating as an efficient private companies.

Any update on geometric power plant aba? This is august, that plant should be up and running now with at least 23hrs of electricty supply now! Any aba resident on this thread to give us update?

not sure but there was a thread here about geometric laying transmission lines all over aba some weeks ago.i can't post it here now as i am typing with my phone.

you guys should know amaAZEing is just being sarcarstic.look at his previous post.

billante: Not on online papers, but on guardian,punch and some other dailies advert pages!

i guess we have to be following up on the progress of that venture....and fg should finish up on unbundling of nepa and payment of laid off staffs.

billante: The project was on the papers last week asking for contractors that will construct transmission lines from the okija plant to nnewi and onitsha sub stations to submit interest!

Ernest azudialu(nestoil) is putting down 50% of the money while african development bank(AFD)is bringing the rest!
Hamakorp a civil construction company that is part of the nestoil group has been mobilised to do d civil works.....the first phase of 450MW is expected to fire its turbines by last quarter of 2014, the other 1000MW will follow suit in subsequent phases!

What am excited about the project is that it is coming from a serious business man that has the capital to actualize the project in record time(that guy dropped the whole 20 something billion naira cash to julius berger to build his nestoil 20 storey building headquarters in Victoria island....this one no be mobilization fee rubbish...the whole contract money cash)....and this plant when completed will energies the whole of anambra industrial/residential energy consumption for years to come.

i actually know azudialu is a no nonsense biz man but the advert about contractors that would lay transmission wires to nnewi and onitsha is it in any online newspaper one can see?

kross_01: depends on the info you mean sir

you said hamakop has mobilized to site.that means you have info on what is going on.

aieromon: Its so ironic that these people will never come back to Ekiti or Nigeria to give back their services.

They gone for good!

why do you say so?

agbameta: Why is the SW the only region reaping most of the benefits from GEJ initiatives and not GEJ's strongholds in the SS and SE?

Obviously, what is going on in the SW goes beyond your GEJ fixations and attache by force syndrome.

i guess geometrics power that is about to commision its ipp in aba this month which has been completed is in the sw.

Obiagelli: Well said but Ngige ain't bad either can take anambra to the next level. Obi is also a techocrat but did he take anambra to its hieght ?

depends on what you are looking at.

it seems beating up of political appointies is becoming the norm.

duality: Buhari has the right to run for president. he has massive cultlike follower-ship in the north. and should not back down. Buhari should know that this is a media campaign by the ACN to dictate what happens in the APC. Buhari should insist on running or he loses his political investments and relevance.

what you just wrote is recipe for crises in apc.

this his pic looks funny.

i wonder why people focus much on parties?....is it not pdp that produced ohakim,cretin orji of abia fame?

nwadaigbo: was benin ore, lagos-ibadan expressway in good shape bf ppl travel to lagos to board flight from muritallah muhammed airport lagos. Sometimes, u ppl make disgusting comment. In as much as d roads needs to be in good shape, it does not stop ppl from using it.

it would enhance the usage of the airport..that is all.

Emmadani: dat orji of a guy sef i no just undastand am.D man na slow poke.D abia end is notin to write home about.I heard a rumor dat akpabio wanted to cari out d road construction al by him self,but orji no gri.Akwaibom av completed about 70% on its own end while abia state av not even started anytin on its own end.

abia residents really need to vote against whoever orji wants to install as their stategovernor in the next election.as for now they have to live with him till next two years.

Emmadani: so which governors do not pave roads nd also install street light.When i tel al dis lagos pple to travel out of lagos dey wil not hear.When u travel from abia to akwa ibom state,when u'r leaving abia and entering akwaibom,if care is not taken u wil drive and forget ur name.

i do not think the abia end of that aba ikotekpene uyo road is good.i know that akpabio is working on the akwa ibom end but it orji working on the aba abia end?

xtianh: .

Those roads are currently undergoing massive rehabilitation right nw

well lets hope they are completed on time.

henrychubayo: I BOOK TO ENTER ENUGU AND LEAVE ENUGU THRU THE SAME AIRLINE BUT I WAS AMAZED THAT SOME SEATS HAS BEEN TAKEN BOTH MY ARRIVING DATE AND DEPARTURE DATE AS WELL. WHO WANT TO GO AND SUFFER FOR LAGOS BEFORE COMING DOWN TO EAST. GOOD DECISION FROM OUR PPL.

that is good..i was a bit skeptical about passengers using it initially.

slap1: Onyeka Nwelue is a young, fortunate writer. However this 'article' is very childish, acutely subjective and embarrassingly pretentious.

Even so, every writer, at a point, becomes ambivalent about what they have written or said in the past. For Mr. Nwelue, this write-up may just be one he will remember with mixed feelings sometime in the future.

slap1 guy off topic.....remember our discussion on ihedioha and mbaise...you said 60 percent of road infrastructure are being done by him...are the roads quality?are they wide spread in mbaise land?i called someone and he confirmed the same thing for me.

henrychubayo did youu book to enter enugu or leave enugu?by the way nice development.

all the federal roads linking to enugu would have to be in good condition for this airport to function effectively...the enugu onitsha,enugu ph,enugu abakiliki and the ones linking to benue and kogi.

all the adjoining federal roads leading to enugu have to be in good condition...the enugu onitsha,enugu ph,enugu abakiliki and the ones leading to benue and kogi for this airport to function effectively.

bushwailo: Some of u are like pigs !
Love rolling around in the mud.

Before Ngige there was no state govt rd with Nylon grade tar,
there were no roads at all
whole towns and villages where blocked of from civilization
salaries were not paid
No pensions, strike

Now after rolling on the mud with Obi for 8 yrs you want to continue.

is that not what obi has been doing?constructing roads linking forgotten communities and towns?did obi stop paying salaries and pensions?.

bushwailo: That is what some of you said during the senatorial polls.
Still Obi + Dora + MASSOB got walloped in Obi senatorial district
while he was the sitting governor and ACN had no structures.

Now u got Rochas in the fold too.
APGA is disorganised, it is a party of mercenaries.
U should be ashamed associating urself to that party.

actually massob and obi were not in good terms at that time of 2011 elections.

since we have seen soludo's manifesto maybe we could see a fresh thread on ngige's manifesto?

noblezone: We were chatting on facebook

ME: where you are from where?


Ada (Not her real name): Anambra and u?


Me: anambra too
who are u voting for in the coming elections?


Ada: Ngige


Me: ok.
I am here to ask u to vote Soludo and not Ngige


Ada: Ngige or are u coming out too?
Ngige or are u coming out too?


Me: lol. Noooo.
I am asking u to vote for soludo


Ada: Y


Me: Soludo is a better choice!
Ngige is popular because he paid salaries and built roads, those are just basics
Soludo will make sure Anambra is industrialised


Ada: I want our rd to b build


Me: I am saying Solduo will not just built roads, he will get the state to be industrialsed
Building of roads is a small thing, just like paying salaries


Ada: I want our rd to b build


Me: Soludo will build roads
and then industrialise the state
the private sector will boom
you will get job after school


Ada: How do u no?


Me: First, what do you know about Soludo?


Ada: Nothing


Me: ok
He was the Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria. He was a staff of World Bank before then.
He turned around our Banking sector. He managed Nigerian economy very well
His vision is to make Anambra become like China in terms of manufacturing and Dubai in terms of trade


[B]Ada:[/B] Wow


Me: He is a consultant on financial matters to several countries.
He is a great gift to Anambra state, let us all join hands to vote him in
What do u say?


Ada: Dats gud


Me: will join us?


Ada: Yeah


[b]Me: [/b]What can I say?
Ada, it is great meeting you. Please, there is so much work yet to be done
see this: www.facebook.com/soludon2013
like, share, and invite all ur friends to join
call ur people at home. tell them to vote Soludo
thanks and bye!

are you sure she is a student?she sounds like a trader.she has not heard about soludo before?she wants to vote just that her road would be built?

nedufantasy: u guys shuodn't worry about ngige.obi will take care of him.even at school here all the students are rooting for cc solution

which school is that?

Onlytruth: One of the strategies is to go through traders. I have started with those in Nnewi and will work my way all the way to Onitsha and then Lagos.

you have your work cut out as i hear those traders seem to root for ngige....why lagos?are the anambra traders based there going to vote in anambra?

Gbawe: The multiplier effect of rapid industrialization of Ogun State will include the welcomed decongestion of Lagos. I was very impressed to read that Amosun had signed an MOU for a light rail network as well. Certainly exciting times for Ogun State and her people.

i am skeptical about mou on anything rail.some state have signed that before and nothing came to fruition.

pandriod: . . .and sooner, the ibos will tell you how they developed Ogun State.Just watch out.

can we just focus on the topic?