₦airaland Forum

fineboynl:
what happen to pipe line or rail. Nigeria is a failed states. its too bad the British created it with no intension for development. the thing they created will come back to hurt them.

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Rail and pipeline cannot get everywhere even if they exist.
The same lack of money will ensure that rail and pipeline do not get the investment they need.

The Telecos have invested billions of dollars in Nigeria in the past 18 or so years and the Tekecos charge the interational market rate for their services.

until the real independent businesses, start to invest in the oil sector and we the public pay the real market rate for petroleum products we will continue to have substandard and dangerous services (such as 'killer tankers')

So you believe we should continue to use 20 year old' dead' trucks that canot be serviced, use dead tyres, combine this with our bad roads, reckless driving, non conformity to traffic rules and you expect there to be 'no problem'.


Continue to buy something at less than cost of production and you think the seller will be there to sell to you again tomorrow.


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The problem of unroadworthy tankers (even other modes of transport) is not the wickedness of owners or drivers, the problem is simply that we, Nigerians do not or cannot pay the real international price for our commodities.

A brand new tanker for moving refined petroleum products with all the modern safety features will cost in excess of N64 million ($180,000)
Currently new tanker tyre costs over N150,000 for one tyre!!!
One tanker trip from Lagos to Calabar, or Lagos to Kano will cost like N200,000 ie $600.

As such it is not possible for tanker owner to buy or use new and modern safe tankers.

Instead they buy Mack truck from US that are often 20 years old. They import these truck from scrap yards all over America.
They cannot afford the spare parts, with tyres costing N180,000, they cannot afford to buy new tyres (Remember a new tyre costs the same as the income of one trip to Kano).


How can such a contraption be safe?


The trip price is only N200,000 because;

1. the price of fuel is the same in Lagos & Sokoto regardless cost of transport (don't mention the pathetic distance allowance NNPC give)

2. the price of fuel is even below the international price


Other countries pay much more for their fuel , hence they have a better services from all sectors connected with the provision of fuel.


Can Nigerians afford to pay international price for fuel? Well we already pay close to the international price for telecoms and the service we get from telecoms whilst not perfect is the best service of any sector in Nigeria.

We indirectly already pay the international price for fuel, because every few months there is fuel scarcity as this model is unsustainable, hoarding will start, black market prices, poor quality fuel, etc.

So until we start paying the full price for fuel, all services around the provision of fuel will be sub standard and even downright dangerous

This inabilty to pay the international price for many goods and services affects us in many ways in Nigeria
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DisGuy:
A national carrier doesn't necessarily have to be owned 100% by the state...many developed countries have national carriers..that they eventually dispose of totally to private investors or invest in through pension/sovereign funds

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What is the point of wasting value resources in establishing a national carrier in the 21st century if we are just going to sell it off?. Just encourage the massive private sector to establish their own airlines. I said it before the average Nigerian will not enter a plane in his or her life, we need the little money we have to be spent on 24 hours light, not vanity projects that will be misused by the corrupt board of directors appointed that will give themselves and their families free tickets.


Nigerians should not encourage this wasteful venture, which will only benefit the elite.


I am a PROUD NIGERIAN and I believe our NIGERIAN entrepreneurs have a better chance of having the best airlines in the world rather than a useless government airline. (Afterall a few years ago a Nigerian businessman was at the head of a private consortium that bought and ran the second largest airport in the UK, Gatwick Airport - would any Nigerian government allow that in Nigeria?)

tiwaz:
Source: http://www.currentnewsinnigeria.com/breaking-nigeria-airways-commences-operations-december-2018-photos/

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Rubbish!!!

We do not need a national carrier. National carrier are just pride symbols and white elephants that developing countries use to deceive themselves. Which progressive country has a state run national carrier?

Nigeria should provide drinking water, 24 hours light, good health care to everybody in Nigeria before providing an airline that less than 0.01% of people in Nigeria can ever afford to fly.

The richest, most peaceful and developed countries in the world do not have national carriers yet their people have 24 hours light and water and their airports are busier and cleaner than ours