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Which Christmas are they preparing for?? Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is the greatest joker among all the state-owned parastatals. They lack the simple skills to maintain ordinary toilets in their airports, and now they have the mouth to start saying they are ready for Christmas! Thunder fire their mouth!

How Nigeria Killed Her Tourism By sonala.olumhense@gmail.com | Publish Date: Dec 18 2016 2:00AM |
I wonder if there is anyone in authority in Nigeria who understands the brutal counsel offered recently by Ohis Ehimiaghe, Manager of the North, West and Central Africa Region for South African Airways.

Nigeria’s airports are the worst in his area of command, he told aviation journalists. In effect, Africa’s worst.

By his name, Mr. Ehimiaghe is a Nigerian. Evidently, his portfolio enables him to see a lot of airports. As a Nigerian, he is evidently hurt by what he has experienced.

But he is also a truthful and patriotic man, and in the interview, he came down hard and heavy on Nigeria’s airports, particularly the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.

I quote Mr. Ehimiaghe: “Some of the facilities at [Nigeria’s] airports have completely collapsed and naturally irritate normal and rational passengers. For instance, if you decide to use the washroom facilities, your hormone system will definitely have challenges.

“Going through the MMIA is a challenge and very bad for usage by a rational being. The smallest airport under me is Cotonou Airport in Benin Republic. I can go to their toilets and come out with a smile on my face.

“We are not harassed by security agencies, unlike in Nigeria. We have scanning machines at our airports in Nigeria, so, why the harassment by the security agencies again in the country?”

Among other subjects, Mr. Ehimiaghe also reflected on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Nigeria’s federal capital, Abuja. He stated that the runway was in such a poor state that in the weeks preceding his interview, at least four aircraft were damaged, one of them so badly that that it could not be used for over one week.

Somewhere, Nigerian officials are abusing the manager. It is the way we respond to a Nigerian of visibility who calls the government out. Twice before his death, Chinua Achebe rejected the government’s offer of a so-called National Honour, saying he could accept no such award from governments with no honour.

On both occasions, the government called the literary icon names. It is the tradition of Nigerian governments to denounce anyone who identifies their weaknesses, or as Achebe did, their connivance.

The irony is that Nigeria continues to deteriorate because of these governments, a fact that is best illustrated by our airports.

An airport is every nation’s economic, cultural and political border with every other nation and with the international community. When you see an airport, you can feel that country’s heartbeat.

In “First, Service the Engine of Change,” on June 5, 2016, I shared my thoughts of a Nigerian airport in words that were like Mr. Ehimiaghe’s:

“When you step into the restrooms, it is at your peril: the worst experience you can have in an airport, including war-ravaged Somalia, and I apologize to every Somali.”

I observed that the restrooms were not being maintained or really cleaned. “…The place is so wet and so repugnant your life begins to flash before your eyes. You remember, for sure, whether you have a will or not…”

Compare those remarks with Mr. Ehimiaghe’s: “The smallest airport under me is Cotonou Airport in Benin Republic. I can go to their toilets and come out with a smile on my face.”

While these comments address the airport environment, they are really a report of the collapse of the governance infrastructure in Nigeria. The website: www.sleepinginairports.net, which tracks the quality of airports around the world, routinely lists Nigerian airports among the worst. For 2016, one of ours is among the top two worst; and two of them are prominent in Africa’s worst 10.

We ought to be ashamed, but shame is not a characteristic of Nigerian governance. Of greater importance, we ought to be alarmed. This is because, while international travel, interests and journalism will always point out our aviation failures and therefore irritate the government perhaps into some action, there is no comparable exposure of the absence of governance in many other areas.

Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/columns/how-nigerian-killed-her-tourism/176473.html#E5dtfgz9CmFF894k.99

ituglobal:
Another food for thought. Some graduates have gone for useless courses and they're now regretting it.

Only those with shallow minds think like this. There is no course that is useless. You can always use one course as a stepping stone to get into another field or discipline.

coolshegs10:
Sir, are you serious or joking ?

Very, very serious!! I know quite a large number of them. Instead of them to exhibit truth, righteousness, integrity and compassion in their dealings, as well as the fruits of the Holy Spirit.... they do the direct opposite. And when you ask them to change their ways, handle their responsibilities, fulfil their promises or meet their obligations, they tag you as an enemy, and rush to their respective MFM outlets to pray 'fall-down-and-die' prayers against you or any of their perceived enemies!

Do they think they are fooling God?

captainhoo:
lolz.babe don vex.no reincarnation. it was Sid son

Why are you calling me a babe??

Ademat7:
Probably not graduating earlier.
Projected to grad by 20 but did @23+service lag time making 25

Graduating early does NOT have any impact on how successful you will be in the future! So what is the point? I had a mentor who got delayed in school because he flunked some courses and had to graduate a year after his mates had passed out of school. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise. It was during the era of the GSM start-ups with MTN, Celtel (now Airtel) etc. just coming up. He got recruited as a trainee project manager after youth corps, with one of them. His friends who had graduated earlier still sat at home for 2 years looking for jobs!

zeeworldfreak1:
Roshni and Sid will die??!! Let me guess,and be reincarnated ...kai, na wa 4 these pple

Awww... what kind of rubbish storyline are these scriptwriters injecting into King of Hearts? This was the same way they allowed Sindoora (that witch) to murder Sagar & Vidya in The Vow, and they let her get away with it! That singular episode left a very nasty taste in the mouth of several viewers and turned them off the series.

Abeg, these scriptwriters should NOT include any reincarnation scenes in King of Hearts, please!!

StOla:
I'm surprised you didn't term her a Fulani slave?

I was just going to ask the same question!! Are you psychic or something??

Alanzazani:
i am Igbo like u dont get it twisted but you sound arrogant my friend. No hiding under any blanket to claim greatness. it boils down to each individual. there are Igbos that are colossal failures inasmuch as we have succesful and distibguished Ibos. a well travelled Igbo man also doesn't talk from a shallow point of view like u did. i was born in the.north.my best pals are northerners dated northern girls that show me love like my friends so i dont know where.u get the ideal anyone hates u. i think you are just your own enemy with that mindset like many ignorant brothers here

Gbam!! Gbam!! May you live long. You took the words right out of my mouth! This was exactly the same thing I kept trying to tell one misguided IPOB clown recently...

GoroTango:
Nigerians are doing you ibos a favour by refusing to let you go. If Biafra is realized we will be forced to deport all of you from Nigerian soil, triggering Africa's worst humanitarian crisis. We are not that evil. Learn to live with the fact that you will always be Nigerian

Hehehehe..... I don talk say I no go laugh today, but...

azimibraun:
He only just re-echoed the obvious questions everyone kept asking and never got an answer to... How come the igbos in GEJ government never took advantage of his naivety and dependence on the south east for strength to massively develope critical infrastructures in the south east? They could have even use the 6yrs to pursue biafra legitimately at the UN. What a glorious opportunity missed. The realisation of the lost chance is the hate for Buhari.. Anyway am sure the south east will benefit more under Buhari than another past admin. Minister of Labour, Trade and Investment, Foreign affairs are just luvly for the business minded igbo nation. Funny enough other Nigerian tribes love the Igbos but my surprise is why the igboman thinks he is hated. Who hate igboman? They are funny, strong and industrious and can live anywhere. Is that somebody to hate on?

Me sef, I just dey think the same thing..!!

coolshegs10:
Chai, it's good too have money o. See beta MFM, we re still finding it hard to get a beta keyboard over here.
Their own prayer go be like....

Pastor - "Every power denying me my contracts, die in the name of Jesus"

Congregation - "Every fundamental power, or economical power, denying me my federal contracts, I say die. Yes! Die now, c'mon die, I don't like it. You're too wicked, it's unfair, Die!"

...... But In my own church

Pastor - "open your mouth wide like the gate of hell and shout this prayer like you lost your school fees..... Say, powers of my father's house eating my glory like chin-chin, you must be mad, diiiieeeee!"

Congregation - " powers of my father's house and mother's house eating my glory like chin-chin, you are maaad . . Die! Die!! Die!!! Die!!! Die!!!! By fire, by thunder. Dieeeeee"

MFM members are some of the greatest hypocrites in town. They will cheat other people, refuse to settle their bills, pretend not to hear you when you ask them to pay what they owe... then they will run to church and pray fire-fire and fall down and die prayers.

Do they think they can deceive God??

OmaniPadmeHum:
Gac GS4 Budget SUV.

Reliability?

Availability?

Maintainability?

Fit for purpose(Nigerian Climate and Terrain)?

The vehicle resembles the 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe....abi, na just my eye??

JAYTUNEZ:
Former Miss World, Agbani Darego Slays At Indian Wedding [PICS]
http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2016/12/former-miss-world-agbani-darego-slays.html

That sari she wore is very ugly!! There are much finer saris that would have done justice to her beauty and figure, if only she had cared to seek for them..

CecyAdrian:
There is nothing like destructive criticism my dear, she should even be happy that someone is evaluating her works.

Nigerian actors, movie producers and directors hate the truth, they always like people to lick their hands and say good even when it's bad.

What??! Are you a learner?? How can you say there is nothing like destructive criticism??!! Haba!!

There is constructive criticism, and there is destructive criticism.

Any criticism that does not point out a flaw in a constructive way, by stating exactly what the problem is or pointing out its redeeming features while acknowledging its shortcomings, and does not give insights into how such flaws can be remedied or amended, simply because the critic's primary goal is just to rubbish the person being criticised, or trash his/her creative efforts in a vitriolic way, is destructive.

freshboi88:
Lake stands for Lagos and Kebbi rice.... Both entered into like a partnership on production since Kebbi has d land and Lagos has d finance....so what u have at d end is lake rice..... This is what we should commend not condemn it

hmuhammad:
LAKE rice means LAgosKEbbi rice, the rice milling plant is situated in Kebbi state but owned by Lagos state government...

In which market in Lagos, is the rice being sold?? Or is it just a gimmick? All the markets in Lagos are still selling rice at between =N=20,000 per bag to =N=23,000 per bag, o!

steppin:
Oh! Yorubas deny their ethnicity all the time in Nairaland to help with their propaganda. I'll bet my last kobo, you're one.
The bile you've been vomiting is more than enough for me.
If you wanna buy land anywhere in the east, pm me and come with your money. I won't even collect commission cos I want to prove a point.
You think buying land in the east na beans? Aside from Lagos and Abuja, the east is where you'll get the most expensive land in Nigeria.
You think say na yoruba land where people sell land in hectares.

Chai!! Are you aware there are over 150 other ethnic groups in Nigeria, apart from Igbo & Yoruba??! Why do you chaps reason like this, biko?

ebosie11:
Meet 24yr old Kenneth Okwor,a 2nd class law graduate from University of Jos who bagged 1st class from the Nigerian Law School.He also made distinctions in Commercial Law, International Law and the Law of Evidence at University of Jos.At 24,he is already a lecturer at law school.

Okwor Kenneth Dominic changed history at the Nigeria law school Nigerian Law School, after he was named the winner of ten prestigious awards.

Previous records includes that of Mavis Abada who won 7 awards at the october 2013 call to bar ceremony. Fatima Bombom Sani broke record by bagging nine separate awards  at the october 2015 Call to Bar of the Nigerian Law School.  No sooner than two months after at the December 2015 call to bar ceremony, a gentlemen, named Okwor Dominic, changed this record by seizing ten awards all to himself.

The awards include: the “Best Student of the Year (1st Prize)’’ given by 3 donors, ‘’Council of Education Star", "price for 1st tclass students", “Corporate Law Practice given by 2 donors,"property law practice award" and “Best Overall male Student of the Year Award”. The newly introduced Best Overall Male  Students Prizes donated by NBA won by Okwor Dominic made the awards come to a total number of 10 awards.

He is only 24 but already a Templars Law Firm Associate and an Adjunct Lecturer of Corporate Law and Practice at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus.He is one of the nominees for 'The Future Prize For Professional Service'. Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/12/meet-okwor-kenneth24yr-old-first-class.html

The guy is just an ordinary graduate assistant, jare. We had some of them who assisted our lecturers, handled tutorials and taught courses to students whenever the senior lecturers were not around. Some were even younger than this guy in those days, sef...

Carrottop:
No responsible Government would do this in the face of current Economic crisis, wedding ceremony for like 3,days ....This administration has lost it....

Am waiting for someone to come back here and do a comparison of how much was spent on Zahra Buhari's wedding, compared with how much was spent on the wedding of GEJ's daughter, when he was in power...

They should include the list of gifts that each person got, and the number of dignitaries that attended each wedding, as well as how many man hours were lost by government functionaries who decided to attend the wedding, instead of attending to the business of the state!

onomeasike:
CHANGE IS MODESTY IN LEADERSHIP
~By Lawrence Ibe

Do you know that President Buhari's daughter got married last Friday (28/10/2016) in Daura, but the President stayed back in Abuja to attend to issues of national importance? He later joined them in the night to meet with guests and flew back to Abuja early Saturday morning to continue his work.

Do you also remember two years ago (12/04/2014) when former President Jonathan's adopted daughter got married? A huge jamboree of an extravagant wedding was staged while billions of Naira were expended. Customized gold plated IPhones were given as gifts to everyone privileged to be in the reception hall. The best of foreign wines were served. Abundance of food was in offer and the best of entertainers were hired to keep guests entertained while they dined and wined. In return, the bride was d
"dashed" over 80 exotic brand new cars, including houses by those her father bragged to have made wealthy.

The worst of it all was that state functions nationwide were suspended, all government activities were put on hold because Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's daughter was wedding; all roads led to Bayelsa. That weekend was madness because the entire administration of governance in Nigeria was suspended because the President's daughter was getting married. People were falling over themselves to show favour to the President's daughter in an anticipation that their goodwill would be reciprocated by GEJ.

Now the case is different. The contrast is that, here we have another sitting President whose daughter got married and you did not even know about it because it wasn't made a state function. It was a very modest wedding and simply family affair. This is what leadership is: a leader not using his political position to attract wordly gains to himself. I can also tell you that some people wanted to make this wedding a state affair, a lavish, expensive and glamorous wedding; but President Buhari rejected that proposal and only insisted it must be modest and a family affair devoid of waste and ostentation.

This post is not meant to praise anyone but to sample an attitude every political office holder must emulate. A life of modesty, simplicity and not abusing ones political office for self aggrandizement. This time around, all roads did not lead to Daura. If this is not change, what is it
https://thenigerian.ng/opinion-change-modesty-leadership-lawrence-ibe/

Oya, Zahra Buhari's wedding to Indimi's son has started. Over 10 private jets landed in the North, carrying important dignitaries that were invited for the wedding. The invitations were etched in gold and made of the most expensive stationery around. The wedding gifts for the bride were packaged in Louis Vuitton original cases costing thousands of US dollars. And that was only for the engagement, o!

Oga, we are waiting for you to do a similar comparison of Zahra Buhari's wedding with that of GEJ's daughter..... please do not disappoint us!!

homesteady:
Check the website of cinemas in Lagos!

Kindly list the names of the cinemas. Why is that so hard for you to do?

tete7000:
It is fraudulent yet no evidence to indict, how did you then arrive at it being fraudulent? These people and contradictions, lies and deceit. Anyway these stories are for zombies not smart people. If there is no evidence to indict, there is no fraud. Simple! They should stop chasing shadows and stop tarnishing people's names to look like they are serious when they are not..

Thank you, o! An account was opened...is there any evidence to show that the money in the account entered their personal pockets?? Was the account not opened in the FG's name?? Na which kind kindergarten story this people dey yarn, sef?

vodutive:
It is not ignorance. You and the ones sensationalising this are the ones displaying your ignorance

1. You might not realise this going by the cowboy manner we do things in this country but in well organised environments, when it comes to official correspondence or statements, there is official protocol. You do not make official comments on what is not is not within your jurisdiction.

2. DPR is not an agency of NNPC and so he has no authority or mandate to comment on the workings of the DPR. Anything he says is hearsay because it is not within his authority.

3) Like I said If I were in his shoes I would give the same answer. anybody can google the concession map, which means the house members also have the information. So when they ask hi that sort of question they are asking him for the record and he has no mandate to answer in an official capacity because as he told them, it is the jurisdiction of the DPR. If they want an OFFICIAL ,ON THE RECORD response, they should ask the official record keeper.

The problem with many of you Nigerians up in arms is that standards have dropped over the decades and many of you are not schooled in the proper way of doing things especially in an organization. You will never find one agency commenting on the business of another parallel agency in any civilised environment "on the record!" because anything issued by any government agency is an official gazzette and the contents become official and has legal implications.

Correct!! May you live long, o jare...

mamabomboy:
NNPC like all Nigerian public agencies is a disgrace due to its high population of islamist fulani and afonja staff. Also the leadership is also always fulani and afonja. If nigeria is to move forward, then all agencies should massively fire their afonja and fulani staff. This is the only way.

Where does Kachikwu come from?? Where does the current MD of PPMC/NNPC come from??

MrIcredible:
No hijab

No veil

And you call yourself a muslim

Hypocrites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The hood does NOT make the monk, sir...!! God looks at the heart, not the outward appearance.