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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Cjrane2: 5:39pm On Feb 07, 2021
asha80:
what is it that china gives them that isnt available back home? Do you have light 247? Can your representatives ensure gas facilities are built in onitsha?( though they being built in egbema and aba at the moment?) ..if you can't guarantee that then no use wondering why they site their manufacturing outfits in China

Truth is that African industrialists in China do want to build at home but the Nigerian state is viciously toxic to anyone building factories here. It is best they build in China for now. To help local subsidiaries, they can leave the final assemblage to be made by a factory in Nigeria to help create jobs here.

Asking people who braved the worst conditions to exit Nigeria and managed to re-establish something for themselves in China, to return to this even more hellish hell-hole called Nigeria without regional self-governance is totally silly and unreasonable request.


If they return and lose all their money to multiple taxation, rampant bribery of customs, not to mention poor infrastructure, would you give them new loans to return to China and re-establish themselves? It is like telling a graduate who was jobless in Nigeria for 15 years and emigrated to USA and became a celebrated talent in an industry, to return to Nigeria and become jobless again because the government would not hire him because of his state of origin?

Does it make any sense to return to Nigeria when the conditions and governance structure that drove them out of Nigeria is firmly intact and even worse today than 20 years ago?

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by BastardWike: 6:04pm On Feb 07, 2021
asha80:
what is it that china gives them that isnt available back home? Do you have light 247? Can your representatives ensure gas facilities are built in onitsha?( though they being built in egbema and aba at the moment?) ..if you can't guarantee that then no use wondering why they site their manufacturing outfits in China

The airport will help to boost the economy of Anambra state. However, the most important factor that will ensure massive industrial growth is to have dedicated gas supply to Onitsha and Nnewi, same way it was built in Lagos, Aba, Ogun and P.H. Aba is the most industrialized city in Igboland and it is due to the gas facilities available there same as Ogun state.

The truth is that Anambra in particular and Igboland in general has huge potential which is yet to be scratched. Already, we have dominated trade and commerce in Subsaharan Africa as well as the value chain and interface with China. In fact, with the coming on board of Aftcta, Igbos should endeavor to make our region viable by leveraging our trade and commerce dominance with large numbers of SME's to start producing what we sell here in our region and then use our large markets and trade/commerce network as launch pads.

Lagos and later Ogun state became a Mecca for industries with a good number of them built by Igbos because we were targeting the Lagos and ECOWAS market, but with Aftcta, the entire Africa is now the focus and we already have a headstart because I know that many Igbos doing business in places like Cameroun, Mali, Congo, Uganda, Gabon etc sometimes do get some of their goods in places like Onitsha, Aba, Lagos and Nnewi.

Now, Igboland has advantage over Lagos/Ogun region because we are more centrally located to reach both East, Central and Southern Africa than Lagos. Aftcta has changed the dynamics because whether Nigeria breaks or not, we are already looking at a market of over 1 billion people.

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 6:15pm On Feb 07, 2021
Tochukwu, you have come back on this thread with your useless posts. How is Abia more industrialised than Anambra? Anambra is the most industrialized state in igbo land by a very wide margin. Anambra equally has the largest economy in igbo land

Stop coming here to misinform people, focus on your backward Imo state.

When we start dancing again on Imo thread you will start crying up and down.


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BastardWike:

The airport will help to boost the economy of Anambra state. However, the most important factor that will ensure massive industrial growth is to have dedicated gas supply to Onitsha and Nnewi, same way it was built in Lagos, Aba, Ogun and P.H. Aba is the most industrialized city in Igboland and it is due to the gas facilities available there same as Ogun state. he truth is that Anambra in particular and Igboland in general has huge potential which is yet to be scratched. Already, we have dominated trade and commerce in Subsaharan Africa as well as the value chain and interface with China. In fact, with the coming on board of Aftcta, Igbos should endeavor to make our region viable by leveraging our trade and commerce dominance with large numbers of SME's to start producing what we sell here in our region and then use our large markets and trade/commerce network as launch pads. Lagos and later Ogun state became a Mecca for industries with a good number of them built by Igbos because we were targeting the Lagos and ECOWAS market, but with Aftcta, the entire Africa is now the focus and we already have a headstart because I know that many Igbos doing business in places like Cameroun, Mali, Congo, Uganda, Gabon etc sometimes do get some of their goods in places like Onitsha, Aba, Lagos and Nnewi. Now, Igboland has advantage over Lagos/Ogun region because we are more centrally located to reach both East, Central and Southern Africa than Lagos. Aftcta has changed the dynamics because whether Nigeria breaks or not, we are already looking at a market of over 1 billion people.
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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by gwafaeziokwu: 6:17pm On Feb 07, 2021
asha80:
what is it that china gives them that isnt available back home? Do you have light 247? Can your representatives ensure gas facilities are built in onitsha?( though they being built in egbema and aba at the moment?) ..if you can't guarantee that then no use wondering why they site their manufacturing outfits in China

Read my post well. I am simply pointing out a line of questions for the government of Anambra state. Once they are able to answer these and many more questions, then off we go.

We need fearless technocrats and real statesmen with guts.
Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by BastardWike: 6:43pm On Feb 07, 2021
FOXDOSSIER:
[s]Tochukwu, you have come back on this thread with your useless posts. How is Abia more industrialised than Anambra? Anambra is the most industrialized state in igbo land by a very wide margin. Anambra equally has the largest economy in igbo land

Stop coming here to misinform people, focus on your backward Imo state.

When we start dancing again on Imo thread you will start crying up and down.
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You this mischievous fulani man always trying to cause problem for Igbos. Where did I say that Abia is more industrialized than Anambra? I said Aba is the most industrialized CITY in Igboland while Anambra is unarguably the most industrialized state. Is it that you can't read simple text and comprehend it or just your proclivity to always cause unnecessary rift between Igbos? You are obviously not from Anambra state and neither are you Igbo so stop decieving yourself.

I wrote a piece but the only thing you saw there was an imaginary fallacy I never stated.

Shame on you!!

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by asha80(m): 6:43pm On Feb 07, 2021
BastardWike:


The airport will help to boost the economy of Anambra state. However, the most important factor that will ensure massive industrial growth is to have dedicated gas supply to Onitsha and Nnewi, same way it was built in Lagos, Aba, Ogun and P.H. Aba is the most industrialized city in Igboland and it is due to the gas facilities available there same as Ogun state.

The truth is that Anambra in particular and Igboland in general has huge potential which is yet to be scratched. Already, we have dominated trade and commerce in Subsaharan Africa as well as the value chain and interface with China. In fact, with the coming on board of Aftcta, Igbos should endeavor to make our region viable by leveraging our trade and commerce dominance with large numbers of SME's to start producing what we sell here in our region and then use our large markets and trade/commerce network as launch pads.

Lagos and later Ogun state became a Mecca for industries with a good number of them built by Igbos because we were targeting the Lagos and ECOWAS market, but with Aftcta, the entire Africa is now the focus and we already have a headstart because I know that many Igbos doing business in places like Cameroun, Mali, Congo, Uganda, Gabon etc sometimes do get some of their goods in places like Onitsha, Aba, Lagos and Nnewi.

Now, Igboland has advantage over Lagos/Ogun region because we are more centrally located to reach both East, Central and Southern Africa than Lagos. Aftcta has changed the dynamics because whether Nigeria breaks or not, we are already looking at a market of over 1 billion people.
the gas facilities in aba is actually more of a recent phenomenon not more than one yr
Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 6:47pm On Feb 07, 2021
Stop spewing nonsense. Nnewi is even more industrialised than Aba, not to talk of Onitsha.

A city like Nnewi has the first and only vehicle manufacturing company in West Africa, has the only Noodles company(Tommy Tommy) in igbo land, IBETO, A-Z Oil, Coscharis and many other NSE QUOTED companies. That's what you wanna compare to Aba Ngwa.

Stop misinforming people here with your useless posts. Pay more attention on your backward Imo state.

You are not from Anambra, but you are always here trying to rewrite history. Shame gbue gi there


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BastardWike:

You this mischievous fulani man always trying to cause problem for Igbos. Where did I say that Abia is more industrialized than Anambra? I said Aba is the most industrialized CITY in Igboland while Anambra is unarguably the most industrialized state. Is it that you can't read simple text and comprehend it or just your proclivity to always cause unnecessary right between Igbos? You are obviously not from Anambra state and neither are you Igbo so stop decieving yourself.
wrote a piece but the only thing you saw there was an imaginary fallacy I never stated. hame on you!!
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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Nobody: 8:24pm On Feb 07, 2021
WE CAN CORRECT EACH OTHER WITHOUT INSULTING. THOSE OF YOU THAT INSULTS MAKE THIS FORUM VERY DISTASTEFUL

I DON'T KNOW WHY THE HEART OF SOME PEOPLE IS SO EVIL.

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by gwafaeziokwu: 9:27pm On Feb 07, 2021
BastardWike:


You this mischievous fulani man always trying to cause problem for Igbos. Where did I say that Abia is more industrialized than Anambra? I said Aba is the most industrialized CITY in Igboland while Anambra is unarguably the most industrialized state. Is it that you can't read simple text and comprehend it or just your proclivity to always cause unnecessary right between Igbos? You are obviously not from Anambra state and neither are you Igbo so stop decieving yourself.

I wrote a piece but the only thing you saw there was an imaginary fallacy I never stated.

Shame on you!!

Ignore the imposter. He is not Igbo by any chance. Stop giving him attention. He needs the fuel of attention in order to achieve his aim.

Anybody that can denigrate Abia state in any manner needs his head checked. Forget bad governance that state especially Aba is the pride of Ndigbo. That city gives me so much confidence that an independent Igbo nation can surpass even Germany in terms of economy. Their cottage industry is the exact replica of the German model.

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 9:38pm On Feb 07, 2021
Your head needs to be checked. Where in my post did I denigrate Abia state? Fools like you are willing to accept any misinformation from even an outsider just to appear Igbotically correct. Onye nzuzu


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gwafaeziokwu:
Ignore the imposter. He is not Igbo by any chance. Stop giving him attention. He needs the fuel of attention in order to achieve his aim. Anybody that can denigrate Abia state in any manner needs his head checked. Forget bad governance that state especially Aba is the pride of Ndigbo. That city gives me so much confidence that an independent Igbo nation can surpass even Germany in terms of economy. Their cottage industry is the exact replica of the German model.
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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by gwafaeziokwu: 10:23pm On Feb 07, 2021
FOXDOSSIER:
Your head needs to be checked. Where in my post did I denigrate Abia state? Fools like you are willing to accept any misinformation from even an outsider just to appear Igbotically correct. Onye nzuzu


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The bigger fool is you that believe, at this point in the history of Igbo nation, that what we need most is unhealthy rivalry and competition among brothers. State creation was a recent event. Before then we were all Igbos occupying the eastern geographical area of Nigeria. Some of your comment in this forum gives life to the alleged 'Anambra supremacy' attitude against other Igbos which is by all means false and total balderdash.

I am onye Anambra. Born and raised in Onitsha. In real life, when two Igbo people meet each other for the first time ,during introduction each will first state the town he hail from. You will hear something like "a bu m onye okigwe" or "Onye Obollo afor" or "Onye Ogidi". It is only when the other party could not place the town being mentioned that you will hear the narrator using the administrative identity like local government and state to help others understand where he hails from.

There is a reason town union associations in most Igbo and non Igbo cities are stronger than their state unions or even the umbrella Igbo body at large. Till thy Kingdom come, Igbos will continue to use administrative state structures for what it was meant to achieve; governance and infrastructure development. But you see, the true identity of an Igbo man lies in his clan. And our unity stem from the core similarities we share culturally as a people despite our fiercely independent disposition.

Finally, Igbos are a very intelligent race. We all know our areas of strength and weaknesses. Each part of Igboland brings their own contribution to the table of greater Igbo achievements. We all know who is good at what. There is no need for argument amongst us. Desist from insulting people at will, it is bad taste.

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 10:33pm On Feb 07, 2021
Onye nzuzu. All these essay was just to cover up your nzuzu by sitting and watching while someone from another state was busy rewriting and misinforming people about your state. You kept mute just to appear Igbotically correct. Nzuzu gi di much.


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gwafaeziokwu:

The bigger fool is you that believe that at this point in the history of Igbo nation that what we need most is unhealthy rivalry and competition among brothers. State creation was a recent event. Before then we were all Igbos occupying the eastern geographical area of Nigeria. Some of your comment in this forum gives life to the alleged 'Anambra supremacy' attitude against other Igbos which is by all means false and total balderdash.
am onye Anambra. Born and raised in Onitsha. In real life, when two Igbo people meet each other for the first time ,during introduction each will first state the town he hail from. You will hear something like "a bu m onye okigwe" or "Onye Obollo afor" or "Onye Ogidi". It is only when the other party could not place the town being mentioned that you will hear the narrator using the administrative identity like local government and state to help others understand where he hails from.There is a reason town union associations in most Igbo and non Igbo cities are stronger than their state unions or even the umbrella Igbo body at large. Till thy Kingdom come, Igbos will continue to use administrative state structures for what it was meant to achieve; governance and infrastructure development. But you see, the true identity of an Igbo man lies in his clan. And our unity stem from the core similarities we share culturally as a people despite our fiercely independent disposition.
inally, Igbos are a very intelligent race. We all know our areas of strenght and weakness. Each part of Igboland brings their own contribution to the table of greater Igbo achievements. We all know who is good at what. There is no need for argument amongst us. Desist from insulting people at will, it is bad taste.
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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by gwafaeziokwu: 10:50pm On Feb 07, 2021
FOXDOSSIER:
Onye nzuzu. All these essay was just to cover up your nzuzu by sitting and watching while someone from another state was busy rewriting and misinforming people about your state. You kept mute just to appear Igbotically correct. Nzuzu gi di much.


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grin

You still don't get it do you? Anambra became an independent state of its own in 1991. As at 1989 all the people in the present day Enugu state and some parts of Ebonyi were ndi Anambra. Do you get the gist? Please, tell me at what point does one lose his Anambra identity. Most of them have birth certificate that boldly say that their state of origin is Anambra.

Today, if any of them want to contribute to an Anambra thread you will draw your sword, ready to decapitate them. Hope you can see your folly? It's not too late to retrace your steps, inugo.

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by investnow2013: 11:59pm On Feb 07, 2021
NENI TOWN: MOST OF THE ROADS TARED BY TONIMAS AND FEW OTHER INDIGENES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feHS2pq2B0s
Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Nobody: 12:33am On Feb 08, 2021
investnow2013:
NENI TOWN: MOST OF THE ROADS TARED BY TONIMAS AND FEW OTHER INDIGENES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feHS2pq2B0s

Neni is like a GRA God bless them.

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by PROUDIGBO(m): 3:17am On Feb 08, 2021
investnow2013:
NENI TOWN: MOST OF THE ROADS TARED BY TONIMAS AND FEW OTHER INDIGENES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feHS2pq2B0s

Impressive stuff!

Relatively clean and organised by Nigerian villa standards! Most of the roads (even the inner villa ones) are tarred! Where i could catch a glimpse, i also noticed their gutters weren't as clogged and strewn with rubbish as the ones i saw in recent Vlogs of Onitsha and Nnewi. Their local gov't authorities should compare notes with their Neni counterparts to see how they can improve.

This is mostly (if not all) done by private effort! Igbo villas look nice with all the mansions and greenery, but they could look even better if they tarred all their roads.....and also kept them tidy and free of dust and build-up of sediment.

I'm hard-pressed to think of any other village in the south-east (if not the entire Nigeria) that has this much of its roads tarred and looks as nice as Neni does! Maybe Abiriba and Oguta can compare.

Well done to Neni peeps! They're showing how it should be done and are top of the leader board on VILLA AESTHETICS AND SERENITY! There's still room for improvement though!

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Nobody: 3:35am On Feb 08, 2021
Airports as ready made tools for fleecing public funds
By Wole Oyebade
07 February 2021 | 4:11 am


10 New Airports On The Way

THE Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, at the Year 2021 budget defence before the Senate Committee on Aviation, had hinted that at least 10 new airports would be coming on stream to underscore the fact that the country’s Nigerian aviation sector has come of age.

“We have additional 10 new airports coming up. That is almost half the number of airports we used to have in Nigeria. We are adding 50 per cent of the number of airports. These are (new) airports coming up in Anambra, Benue, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Lafia, Lokoja, Damaturu, and so forth. All of these show that civil aviation is growing during this administration,” he said.

Sirika added that the Federal Government, through FAAN, was also in the process of taking over airports at Kebbi, Osubi, Dutse, and Jigawa. The Gombe State government had also written to the federal authorities, asking it to take over the Gombe Airport. Except the privately-owned Osubi Airport in Delta State, which is still in dispute, all others were built and operated by their state governments.

The New Oil Boom: Agro-cargo?

AIR cargo export potential readily features in the justification of building new airports. The Minister didn’t fall short of this well-worn argument in advancing the cause of a Lokoja Cargo Airport, Kogi State.

“Lokoja is an important Northern town. Lokoja is a cosmopolitan town; it’s a mini Nigeria and it is extremely very important in the growth and development of our country. We have a lot of agricultural activities around there. There is fishery; there is perishable item production and so on. So, siting an airport there is quite apt. For me, it is something we should have done long ago for its importance,” Sirika said.

The argument was the same in Ekiti when Governor Kayode Fayemi, marked the first anniversary of his second-coming. On the agenda was the Ekiti State Airport, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to cost N20b.

Indeed, the project dates back to 2010 when the Federal Government denied approval and sponsorship of an airport request by the state government. President Goodluck Jonathan in October 2013 relived the dreams when he announced plans to build an airport in Ekiti. Until he left office, nothing was heard of the pledge.

Governor Ayodele Fayose’s administration did egg on with the project by clearing the 4, 000 hectares of land spanning Ado-Ijan-Igbemo and Afao Ekiti, dispossessing rice plantations that attracted litigations. The project was initially estimated to cost N3b. Upward reviews took the cost to N9b, N11b and eventually N17b.

Fayemi’s Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Values Orientation, Olumuyiwa Olumilua, said the current administration was most determined to build the Ekiti Airport to meet the growing need of agribusiness.

Ogun State has two airport sites approved and awarded as contracts by two administrations within 10 years. Former governor Gbenga Daniel’s government commenced work on the site of Gateway Agro-Cargo Airport located at Ilisan in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state in 2005.

His successor, Ibikunle Amosun, now a senator, hatched yet another plan to build a cargo airport, at Imosan Village, Wasimi, Ewekoro Local Council. Currently, the proposed airport has only a perimeter fence demarcating the five-by-five kilometre piece of land.

Amosun had in 2015 noted that the airport project at Imosan is a Federal Government-owned venture, but Ogun was ready to facilitate it “to better the lot of the agrarian residents.” He had in 2018 assured that the project would be completed by March 2019 before his exit from office. But nothing changed on site till he left office.

Airports Underutilised, Unviable

ANOTHER contrast to the cargo argument is that local airports nationwide still have their revenue earnings largely dependent on passenger traffic, than on freight services. As of 2019, over 70 per cent of aviation revenue earnings were from passengers that travelled through airports nationwide.

Factsheet obtained by The Guardian showed that except the trio of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), Omagwa, Rivers State, none of the other airports has sufficient revenue to cover the cost of operations. Self-evident is their gross underutilisation nationwide.

Cumulatively, they cost the FAAN at least N44.39b loss for keeping them in operations, and overhead of 10, 000 workforce in the last three years. The breakdown of revenue and expenditure of FAAN headquarters in 2017-2019 showed that the body generated a total of N16.09b in three years, and collected N15.02b. It, however, spent a total of N59.41b, leaving a deficit of N44.39b in three years.


In-house sources said that the deficit was not unconnected with efforts to keep the low-income airports running. Indeed, a closer look at the revenue earnings of some of the airports showed poor viability across the board.

For instance, the Kaduna International Airport that was upgraded during the 2017 closure of Abuja airport has, in the last three years, pooled a total of N1.027b in generated revenue. Of this sum, N716.7m was collected. However, the expenditure was in excess of N4.41 billion, leaving a deficit of N3.69b.

The Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, did not fare better. The airport in 2017, 2018 and 2019 pooled a total of N8.28b in generated revenue. Collected was N7.16b. Its expenditure was a total of N9.6b, leaving a shortfall of N2.44b.

The Kastina Airport in three years made a total of N250.8m in generated revenue, out of which only N42.1m was collected. Its cost of operations was put at N1.58b, leaving a deficit balance of N1.54b.

The Sokoto Airport recorded a total of N725.7m generated revenue, out of which N400.1m was collected. The cost of operation was in excess of N2.71b, which gave a shortage of N2.31b.

In the South, Ibadan Airport in three years made a total of N349.2m in generated revenue, and collected N244.9m. The expenditure amounted to N1.39b with a deficit of N1.14b.

The Ilorin International Airport generated a total of N437.1m revenue in three years and collected N264.2m. The expenditure was in excess of N2.453b, leaving a shortfall of N2.19b.

Ditto for the Akure Airport. The facility pooled a total of N175.8m in generated revenue, and collected N168.7m. Expenditure was, however, N1.06b, leaving a difference of N893.7m.

The Benin airport in Edo State also ran at a loss. The airport generated a total of N993.2m in three years and collected N930.1m. The total cost of operations was put N2.02b, leaving a shortfall of N1.09b.

The Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, had a total of N540.8m generated revenue, though collected more, put at N559.6m, the expenditure was as much as N2.50b, giving a deficit of N1.94b.

Similarly, The Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, amassed a total of N1.25b in generated revenue and collected N1.08b. Expenditure was, however, N2.50b, with a shortage of N1.42b.

Ending Me-too Syndrome

THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) lately stated that for an airport to be viable and self-sustaining, it must have at least five million passengers a year. Today, only Lagos and Abuja airports could boast of at least five million passengers in a year.

An operator, who prefers anonymity said that as long as the political class and state governors, either for want of a signature project, or easy avenue to loot state resources, do not understand the demands of a functional modern airport, FAAN would continue to face funding constraints.

He said the best bet is to stop granting airport approvals to state governors who just want to have an airport like their next-door neighbours, to make a political statement.

“Where in the world is it done that a governor would spend state’s resources to build a facility and a few years later, the assets and its liability are transferred to the Federal Government to own? That is what happened with the Kebbi, Gombe, Dutse and the likes, where they have just one or two flights in a week. The sitting governors have realised that they are just routinely pumping in scarce resources into these facilities and getting almost nothing in return. So, through the backdoor, the ‘liability’ is pushed to FAAN.



“I am surprised that the minister is indulging these governors to do more of such white elephants. Why build more airports when the existing ones are grossly underutilised, unviable and a burden to FAAN? The funds to build new airports should have been pushed into some of our major airports to keep them optimal and generate more revenue than their operating costs. Maybe for security reasons and for military use, no state should be building any useless airport during a pandemic,” he said.

Apparently in agreement, aviation consultant and Chief Executive Officer of Beljune Konzult Limited, Chris Aligbe, said the airports are readymade tools in the hand of politicians. Aligbe estimated that while these unviable airports are government-owned, some were built by state governments for political aggrandizement.

“It was after building them that they found out that they don’t have the resources to run them, and they quietly pushed them to the Federal Government through the back door. That is how they get into the care of FAAN.

“But we cannot shut them down, especially for political reasons. It is never going to be easy. If you try to do that, the impact will be more on the northern airports than on the ones in the south. The only airport in the South that has become a ghost of its old self is the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar. It records only one flight a day since Donald Duke left office as state governor. The Victor Attah International Airport in Akwa Ibom has taken over and commanding the most passenger traffic around that flank. Owerri is bubbling; Enugu will pick up because at a time, it was behind Lagos and Abuja, even ahead of Port Harcourt International Airport.

“But in the North, you will have to shut down Sokoto, Bauchi, Gombe, Minna, and maybe Ilorin airports, among others. In the South West, you may need to shut down the Akure Airport. Hence, it becomes highly political and more dangerous. So, for the length of time that it will take the airlines to bounce back, the agencies and the airports will have to keep running with government’s support,” Aligbe said.

The Secretary-General of the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI), Group Captain John Ojikutu (rtd), said that Nigeria already has more than enough of unviable airports that lacked justification for their investment.

Ojikutu said outside the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, none of the other airports could have their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) sustain their operations’ running costs.

“None of these (unviable) airports have passenger traffic that is significantly more than 400,000 yearly, and therefore earning about N200 million Passenger Service Charge (PSC) and possibly not more than N100m for landing and parking.

“Monthly staff salaries, maintenance, operating costs, and so on cannot be less than 10 per cent of the total earnings. That is why there would always be a need for intervention for other airports from the two viable ones.”


He added that for as long as there were political motives rather than economic, safety and security behind the development of our airports, “we can never get strategic policies of our development right.”

Ojikutu recalled that when the traffic was up, not many of these airports were operating optimally, including those that have been opened to restart operations in the COVID-19 era.

“How much earnings were we making when the flights and passengers traffic were up? Why is it that we are not learning from those of the developed countries in aviation technology and commercial aviation that have reduced their fleet, staff and spread of operations drastically to a level of the start of aviation many years ago?

“Do we really know the worth of our airports, or the actual contribution of Nigeria’s commercial aviation to the GDP? What is the total annual earnings of the domestic airlines and the regulatory agencies? The National Assembly that yearly appropriates funds to the sector without serious oversight on the cost of operations and the appropriations is a delinquent accomplice,” he said.

To save costs, Ojikutu advised the government against new airports. But, to concession the non-aeronautical facilities at all the existing airports – not just the big four in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano – to run efficiently and profitably. He said the Lagos and Abuja airports should be concessioned in blocs with four or six other unviable airports.

Good Road And Rail Network, Not New Airports

EVEN though Akin Obafunwa, a director at an agro-allied company admitted that Ekiti and some states have huge agricultural potential, he doubted that such warrants sinking huge investment to create airports that would end up process one-flight per day.

Obafunwa said that state governors should focus more on regional road networks to ease connectivity among neighbouring states, adding that all states already have at least one or two airports within close proximity to explore for agro-export.

He observed that Ekiti, formerly a part of Ondo State, has an airport in Akure and another in Ibadan, Oyo State. Osun State was carved out of Oyo, which already has Ibadan Airport that is rarely serviced by air. Lokoja has one in Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

In addition, Ogun State is about 80 kilometres away from Lagos, which is the hub of aviation in Nigeria. Anambra is less than 100 kilometres to Enugu Airport – the hub of aviation in the South East. Nasarawa State is very close to Abuja and less than 70 kilometers to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and the proposed Abia Airport, which is less than 60 kilometres to the Owerri Airport.

Obafunwa said: “From Akure Airport to Ado Junction is a six-minute drive. Ado Junction to Itaogbolu is 10 minutes. Itagbolu to Iju is four minutes. Iju to Ikere is five minutes and Ikere to Ado is 10 minutes. Total minutes spent between Akure to Ekiti when the road was good were about 35.

“Besides, driving from Ibadan Airport to Ado Ekiti should not take more than 90 or 120 minutes maximum. Ado to Abuja International Airport is about four hours. So, who needs a cargo airport in Ekiti?

“I think the governor, whom I admire, should be thinking of rail services that will link all parts of the state. A rail system from Efon Alaaye should link towns like Aramoko, Erio, Igede, Ayedun, Ijero, Ijesha Isu, Oye, Ifaki, Erinjiyan, Iyin, and Ikere Ekiti, down to Akure Airport. This will be more viable, create employment and economic growth for the state and the region,” Obafunwa said.

Another stakeholder, who would not want to be mentioned, told The Guardian in Lagos that most of the airport projects were suspicious and should be discouraged.

The Ekiti indigene said the state had little to gain compared to the huge investment. “Ekiti has no agro product it wants to export that it can’t do via Akure Airport. Simply build the required warehouses. We pleaded with our friends in government to persuade the governor not to waste Ekiti scarce resources on this drainpipe, but he didn’t seem to be persuaded. Ado Ekiti is less than one hour from the Akure Airport. The road is bad, but Ondo and Ekiti can hook up with FG to have a good dual carriageway to Akure.

“This airport idea was initially propelled by a university proprietor that has enormous influence in the state, and probably was looking for where to be landing his private jet, and that of his friends. But at what cost? The rush for the state airport is not ego, but some other things we all know.”

A member of the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI), a think-tank group of the local sector, Olumide Ohunayo, offered that the states might have genuine needs for aviation facilities, but they don’t necessarily have to be expensive airports.

Ohunayo said if the needs were that pressing for cargo or whatsoever, they could afford to build just an airstrip and in partnership with the private sector, adding that it would be out of place for even the government to be considering new airports during a pandemic.

“The ministry and the government have not come out clearly to state that they will be building 10 airports and if it becomes a fact, then there is a problem somewhere. In a situation where airlines are down, aviation is not growing and everything is on standstill, instead of maintaining or restoring infrastructure, you are trying to add more even when they are not generating money, then that is a problem for us all.

“What we should begin to do is to tilt different airports to different functions. All of them should not be built with the impression of receiving big aircraft to operate schedules from the triangular route (Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt). There should be airports that can do short hauls.

“For most state governors, the airport projects is a way of taking huge money from the treasury. Abeokuta does not have roads and manufacturing industries are complaining. Instead of fixing those roads in Ogun State, they are talking of building an airport when there is Lagos and Ibadan close by.

A state like Ekiti can in fact look for an airfield that can take smaller aircraft. Having a big airport will not be economical, when you already have about three airports in neigbouring states. Benue, Ogun and Osun also do not need big airports. Maybe airfields for their needs. There is nothing wrong in having airports in all the states, but for the priority of what you really need,” Ohunayo said.

Aregbesola concluded his term without delivering on the airport mandate, nor gave Osun State “the new dawn”. Ortom of Benue and Fayemi in Ekiti, and others still in office should not be intransigent in the airport infrastructure infatuation. Unlike Aregbesola, the latter are better placed to make good decisions for which they would wish to be held accountable after office.
Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Nobody: 3:51am On Feb 08, 2021
The only reason Lagos and Abuja make money is because of INTERNATIONAL traffic. The PSC for international travellers is $100 while it is N2,000 for domestic travellers. So 3m passengers that go through MMIA give it $300m while the 4m domestic travellers that go through Lagos pay just 8bn Naira or around $20m.

For Anambra airport to be sustainable and not another white elephant like Asaba it will either need more than 2 million domestic passengers or at least 100,000 international passengers.

mktinsight:
Airports as ready made tools for fleecing public funds
By Wole Oyebade
07 February 2021 | 4:11 am


10 New Airports On The Way

THE Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, at the Year 2021 budget defence before the Senate Committee on Aviation, had hinted that at least 10 new airports would be coming on stream to underscore the fact that the country’s Nigerian aviation sector has come of age.

“We have additional 10 new airports coming up. That is almost half the number of airports we used to have in Nigeria. We are adding 50 per cent of the number of airports. These are (new) airports coming up in Anambra, Benue, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Lafia, Lokoja, Damaturu, and so forth. All of these show that civil aviation is growing during this administration,” he said.

Sirika added that the Federal Government, through FAAN, was also in the process of taking over airports at Kebbi, Osubi, Dutse, and Jigawa. The Gombe State government had also written to the federal authorities, asking it to take over the Gombe Airport. Except the privately-owned Osubi Airport in Delta State, which is still in dispute, all others were built and operated by their state governments.

The New Oil Boom: Agro-cargo?

AIR cargo export potential readily features in the justification of building new airports. The Minister didn’t fall short of this well-worn argument in advancing the cause of a Lokoja Cargo Airport, Kogi State.

“Lokoja is an important Northern town. Lokoja is a cosmopolitan town; it’s a mini Nigeria and it is extremely very important in the growth and development of our country. We have a lot of agricultural activities around there. There is fishery; there is perishable item production and so on. So, siting an airport there is quite apt. For me, it is something we should have done long ago for its importance,” Sirika said.

The argument was the same in Ekiti when Governor Kayode Fayemi, marked the first anniversary of his second-coming. On the agenda was the Ekiti State Airport, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to cost N20b.

Indeed, the project dates back to 2010 when the Federal Government denied approval and sponsorship of an airport request by the state government. President Goodluck Jonathan in October 2013 relived the dreams when he announced plans to build an airport in Ekiti. Until he left office, nothing was heard of the pledge.

Governor Ayodele Fayose’s administration did egg on with the project by clearing the 4, 000 hectares of land spanning Ado-Ijan-Igbemo and Afao Ekiti, dispossessing rice plantations that attracted litigations. The project was initially estimated to cost N3b. Upward reviews took the cost to N9b, N11b and eventually N17b.

Fayemi’s Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Values Orientation, Olumuyiwa Olumilua, said the current administration was most determined to build the Ekiti Airport to meet the growing need of agribusiness.

Ogun State has two airport sites approved and awarded as contracts by two administrations within 10 years. Former governor Gbenga Daniel’s government commenced work on the site of Gateway Agro-Cargo Airport located at Ilisan in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state in 2005.

His successor, Ibikunle Amosun, now a senator, hatched yet another plan to build a cargo airport, at Imosan Village, Wasimi, Ewekoro Local Council. Currently, the proposed airport has only a perimeter fence demarcating the five-by-five kilometre piece of land.

Amosun had in 2015 noted that the airport project at Imosan is a Federal Government-owned venture, but Ogun was ready to facilitate it “to better the lot of the agrarian residents.” He had in 2018 assured that the project would be completed by March 2019 before his exit from office. But nothing changed on site till he left office.

Airports Underutilised, Unviable

ANOTHER contrast to the cargo argument is that local airports nationwide still have their revenue earnings largely dependent on passenger traffic, than on freight services. As of 2019, over 70 per cent of aviation revenue earnings were from passengers that travelled through airports nationwide.

Factsheet obtained by The Guardian showed that except the trio of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), Omagwa, Rivers State, none of the other airports has sufficient revenue to cover the cost of operations. Self-evident is their gross underutilisation nationwide.

Cumulatively, they cost the FAAN at least N44.39b loss for keeping them in operations, and overhead of 10, 000 workforce in the last three years. The breakdown of revenue and expenditure of FAAN headquarters in 2017-2019 showed that the body generated a total of N16.09b in three years, and collected N15.02b. It, however, spent a total of N59.41b, leaving a deficit of N44.39b in three years.


In-house sources said that the deficit was not unconnected with efforts to keep the low-income airports running. Indeed, a closer look at the revenue earnings of some of the airports showed poor viability across the board.

For instance, the Kaduna International Airport that was upgraded during the 2017 closure of Abuja airport has, in the last three years, pooled a total of N1.027b in generated revenue. Of this sum, N716.7m was collected. However, the expenditure was in excess of N4.41 billion, leaving a deficit of N3.69b.

The Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, did not fare better. The airport in 2017, 2018 and 2019 pooled a total of N8.28b in generated revenue. Collected was N7.16b. Its expenditure was a total of N9.6b, leaving a shortfall of N2.44b.

The Kastina Airport in three years made a total of N250.8m in generated revenue, out of which only N42.1m was collected. Its cost of operations was put at N1.58b, leaving a deficit balance of N1.54b.

The Sokoto Airport recorded a total of N725.7m generated revenue, out of which N400.1m was collected. The cost of operation was in excess of N2.71b, which gave a shortage of N2.31b.

In the South, Ibadan Airport in three years made a total of N349.2m in generated revenue, and collected N244.9m. The expenditure amounted to N1.39b with a deficit of N1.14b.

The Ilorin International Airport generated a total of N437.1m revenue in three years and collected N264.2m. The expenditure was in excess of N2.453b, leaving a shortfall of N2.19b.

Ditto for the Akure Airport. The facility pooled a total of N175.8m in generated revenue, and collected N168.7m. Expenditure was, however, N1.06b, leaving a difference of N893.7m.

The Benin airport in Edo State also ran at a loss. The airport generated a total of N993.2m in three years and collected N930.1m. The total cost of operations was put N2.02b, leaving a shortfall of N1.09b.

The Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, had a total of N540.8m generated revenue, though collected more, put at N559.6m, the expenditure was as much as N2.50b, giving a deficit of N1.94b.

Similarly, The Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, amassed a total of N1.25b in generated revenue and collected N1.08b. Expenditure was, however, N2.50b, with a shortage of N1.42b.

Ending Me-too Syndrome

THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) lately stated that for an airport to be viable and self-sustaining, it must have at least five million passengers a year. Today, only Lagos and Abuja airports could boast of at least five million passengers in a year.

An operator, who prefers anonymity said that as long as the political class and state governors, either for want of a signature project, or easy avenue to loot state resources, do not understand the demands of a functional modern airport, FAAN would continue to face funding constraints.

He said the best bet is to stop granting airport approvals to state governors who just want to have an airport like their next-door neighbours, to make a political statement.

“Where in the world is it done that a governor would spend state’s resources to build a facility and a few years later, the assets and its liability are transferred to the Federal Government to own? That is what happened with the Kebbi, Gombe, Dutse and the likes, where they have just one or two flights in a week. The sitting governors have realised that they are just routinely pumping in scarce resources into these facilities and getting almost nothing in return. So, through the backdoor, the ‘liability’ is pushed to FAAN.



“I am surprised that the minister is indulging these governors to do more of such white elephants. Why build more airports when the existing ones are grossly underutilised, unviable and a burden to FAAN? The funds to build new airports should have been pushed into some of our major airports to keep them optimal and generate more revenue than their operating costs. Maybe for security reasons and for military use, no state should be building any useless airport during a pandemic,” he said.

Apparently in agreement, aviation consultant and Chief Executive Officer of Beljune Konzult Limited, Chris Aligbe, said the airports are readymade tools in the hand of politicians. Aligbe estimated that while these unviable airports are government-owned, some were built by state governments for political aggrandizement.

“It was after building them that they found out that they don’t have the resources to run them, and they quietly pushed them to the Federal Government through the back door. That is how they get into the care of FAAN.

“But we cannot shut them down, especially for political reasons. It is never going to be easy. If you try to do that, the impact will be more on the northern airports than on the ones in the south. The only airport in the South that has become a ghost of its old self is the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar. It records only one flight a day since Donald Duke left office as state governor. The Victor Attah International Airport in Akwa Ibom has taken over and commanding the most passenger traffic around that flank. Owerri is bubbling; Enugu will pick up because at a time, it was behind Lagos and Abuja, even ahead of Port Harcourt International Airport.

“But in the North, you will have to shut down Sokoto, Bauchi, Gombe, Minna, and maybe Ilorin airports, among others. In the South West, you may need to shut down the Akure Airport. Hence, it becomes highly political and more dangerous. So, for the length of time that it will take the airlines to bounce back, the agencies and the airports will have to keep running with government’s support,” Aligbe said.

The Secretary-General of the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI), Group Captain John Ojikutu (rtd), said that Nigeria already has more than enough of unviable airports that lacked justification for their investment.

Ojikutu said outside the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, none of the other airports could have their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) sustain their operations’ running costs.

“None of these (unviable) airports have passenger traffic that is significantly more than 400,000 yearly, and therefore earning about N200 million Passenger Service Charge (PSC) and possibly not more than N100m for landing and parking.

“Monthly staff salaries, maintenance, operating costs, and so on cannot be less than 10 per cent of the total earnings. That is why there would always be a need for intervention for other airports from the two viable ones.”


He added that for as long as there were political motives rather than economic, safety and security behind the development of our airports, “we can never get strategic policies of our development right.”

Ojikutu recalled that when the traffic was up, not many of these airports were operating optimally, including those that have been opened to restart operations in the COVID-19 era.

“How much earnings were we making when the flights and passengers traffic were up? Why is it that we are not learning from those of the developed countries in aviation technology and commercial aviation that have reduced their fleet, staff and spread of operations drastically to a level of the start of aviation many years ago?

“Do we really know the worth of our airports, or the actual contribution of Nigeria’s commercial aviation to the GDP? What is the total annual earnings of the domestic airlines and the regulatory agencies? The National Assembly that yearly appropriates funds to the sector without serious oversight on the cost of operations and the appropriations is a delinquent accomplice,” he said.

To save costs, Ojikutu advised the government against new airports. But, to concession the non-aeronautical facilities at all the existing airports – not just the big four in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano – to run efficiently and profitably. He said the Lagos and Abuja airports should be concessioned in blocs with four or six other unviable airports.

Good Road And Rail Network, Not New Airports

EVEN though Akin Obafunwa, a director at an agro-allied company admitted that Ekiti and some states have huge agricultural potential, he doubted that such warrants sinking huge investment to create airports that would end up process one-flight per day.

Obafunwa said that state governors should focus more on regional road networks to ease connectivity among neighbouring states, adding that all states already have at least one or two airports within close proximity to explore for agro-export.

He observed that Ekiti, formerly a part of Ondo State, has an airport in Akure and another in Ibadan, Oyo State. Osun State was carved out of Oyo, which already has Ibadan Airport that is rarely serviced by air. Lokoja has one in Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

In addition, Ogun State is about 80 kilometres away from Lagos, which is the hub of aviation in Nigeria. Anambra is less than 100 kilometres to Enugu Airport – the hub of aviation in the South East. Nasarawa State is very close to Abuja and less than 70 kilometers to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and the proposed Abia Airport, which is less than 60 kilometres to the Owerri Airport.

Obafunwa said: “From Akure Airport to Ado Junction is a six-minute drive. Ado Junction to Itaogbolu is 10 minutes. Itagbolu to Iju is four minutes. Iju to Ikere is five minutes and Ikere to Ado is 10 minutes. Total minutes spent between Akure to Ekiti when the road was good were about 35.

“Besides, driving from Ibadan Airport to Ado Ekiti should not take more than 90 or 120 minutes maximum. Ado to Abuja International Airport is about four hours. So, who needs a cargo airport in Ekiti?

“I think the governor, whom I admire, should be thinking of rail services that will link all parts of the state. A rail system from Efon Alaaye should link towns like Aramoko, Erio, Igede, Ayedun, Ijero, Ijesha Isu, Oye, Ifaki, Erinjiyan, Iyin, and Ikere Ekiti, down to Akure Airport. This will be more viable, create employment and economic growth for the state and the region,” Obafunwa said.

Another stakeholder, who would not want to be mentioned, told The Guardian in Lagos that most of the airport projects were suspicious and should be discouraged.

The Ekiti indigene said the state had little to gain compared to the huge investment. “Ekiti has no agro product it wants to export that it can’t do via Akure Airport. Simply build the required warehouses. We pleaded with our friends in government to persuade the governor not to waste Ekiti scarce resources on this drainpipe, but he didn’t seem to be persuaded. Ado Ekiti is less than one hour from the Akure Airport. The road is bad, but Ondo and Ekiti can hook up with FG to have a good dual carriageway to Akure.

“This airport idea was initially propelled by a university proprietor that has enormous influence in the state, and probably was looking for where to be landing his private jet, and that of his friends. But at what cost? The rush for the state airport is not ego, but some other things we all know.”

A member of the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI), a think-tank group of the local sector, Olumide Ohunayo, offered that the states might have genuine needs for aviation facilities, but they don’t necessarily have to be expensive airports.

Ohunayo said if the needs were that pressing for cargo or whatsoever, they could afford to build just an airstrip and in partnership with the private sector, adding that it would be out of place for even the government to be considering new airports during a pandemic.

“The ministry and the government have not come out clearly to state that they will be building 10 airports and if it becomes a fact, then there is a problem somewhere. In a situation where airlines are down, aviation is not growing and everything is on standstill, instead of maintaining or restoring infrastructure, you are trying to add more even when they are not generating money, then that is a problem for us all.

“What we should begin to do is to tilt different airports to different functions. All of them should not be built with the impression of receiving big aircraft to operate schedules from the triangular route (Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt). There should be airports that can do short hauls.

“For most state governors, the airport projects is a way of taking huge money from the treasury. Abeokuta does not have roads and manufacturing industries are complaining. Instead of fixing those roads in Ogun State, they are talking of building an airport when there is Lagos and Ibadan close by.

A state like Ekiti can in fact look for an airfield that can take smaller aircraft. Having a big airport will not be economical, when you already have about three airports in neigbouring states. Benue, Ogun and Osun also do not need big airports. Maybe airfields for their needs. There is nothing wrong in having airports in all the states, but for the priority of what you really need,” Ohunayo said.

Aregbesola concluded his term without delivering on the airport mandate, nor gave Osun State “the new dawn”. Ortom of Benue and Fayemi in Ekiti, and others still in office should not be intransigent in the airport infrastructure infatuation. Unlike Aregbesola, the latter are better placed to make good decisions for which they would wish to be held accountable after office.
Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 7:02am On Feb 08, 2021
See nzuzu at another level. At some point in history Nigerians had birth certificate was bearing Britain, isn't it? But today will you still allow Britain runs your affairs in Abuja? The same Britain was once a member of European Union, but not anymore. The point I am trying to make is that change is a constant thing.

The same people you called your umunna once sacked your own people from the civil service in the name of non indigenes. Are you getting the point now? People tend to love themselves first before outsiders.

There was a time Ebonyi was part of Enugu and Abia, but not anymore. Then Ebonyi was OK by using Enugu airport. Now do you know why the same Ebonyi is building it's own airport even when unnecessary? It is because they want to chart their own course.

The same thing happens in families. At a point everyone was OK using one room, at some point some start feeling uncomfortable and start moving to another locations for convenience and comfort.

I can go on and on..

The main reason I called you onye nzuzu is because you are willing to accept incorrect information just to prove how United igbos are. That's very dumb and '"mumuism". This is same way some mumus carry one Nigeria on their heads even when every indices out there shows that there's nothing like one Nigeria. "Are you there?"
- in Mc Macaroni"s voice


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gwafaeziokwu:

You still don't get it do you? Anambra became an independent state of its own in 1991. As at 1989 all the people in the present day Enugu state and some parts of Ebonyi were ndi Anambra. Do you get the gist? Please, tell me at what point does one lose his Anambra identity. Most of them have birth certificate that boldly say that their state of origin is Anambra. Today, if any of them want to contribute to an Anambra thread you will draw your sword, ready to decapitate them. Hope you can see your folly? It's not too late to retrace your steps, inugo.
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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 7:16am On Feb 08, 2021
Just look at this inconsequential nobody giving Lecture about an airport. Biko when did you start supporting the airport project? Hear this, Anambra international airport shall be Nigeria'a busiest airport aside Abuja and Lagos. Get that into your head. We don't need any lecture from you concerning this airport because you know nothing about it.


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mktinsight:
The only reason Lagos and Abuja make money is because of INTERNATIONAL traffic. The PSC for international travellers is $100 while it is N2,000 for domestic travellers. So 3m passengers that go through MMIA give it $300m while the 4m domestic travellers that go through Lagos pay just 8bn Naira or around $20m.For Anambra airport to be sustainable and not another white elephant like Asaba it will either need more than 2 million domestic passengers or at least 100,000 international passengers.
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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Nobody: 7:46am On Feb 08, 2021
FOXDOSSIER:
[s]Just look at this inconsequential nobody giving Lecture about an airport. Biko when did you start supporting the airport project? Here this, Anambra international airport shall be Nigeria'a busiest airport aside Abuja and Lagos. Get that into your head. We don't need any lecture from you concerning this airport because you know nothing about it.[/s]


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Chino the propaganda machine. The mouthpiece of APGA LIES. From $2billion airport to an airport with arrival hall smaller than Roban Supermarket, Awka grin. Lets not forget that this airport will be inaugurated by April 2021 by his Excellency. The same one who said the mini-stadium would be ready by December 28 meanwhile they havent even finished with the stands talk less laid the turf or done the parking lot as at February 8, 2021. ICC it has taken them over 6 months to fix roof trusses and over 6 years to reach 50% completion.

Lets see how it goes but stop lying to Anambra people you fulani herdsman.
Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 8:08am On Feb 08, 2021
Mktinsight the mouthpiece of clowns. You are paid 10 monthly to always come here even at mid night to post. Don't you sleep at night? Are you a demon? cheesy

Why are you worried about when our projects in Anambra would be commissioned? You are not from Anambra, but you demonic from hell would always come here to spew your propaganda.

Anambra international airport is the biggest airport in Nigeria and it will be the busiest airport in Nigeria. You have been here for many years wasting your time while the airport project was ongoing, you thought you could stop the project by coming here to eat yourself alive. Take a hike if you can't bear it


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mktinsight:

Chino the propaganda machine. The mouthpiece of APGA LIES. From $2billion airport to an airport with arrival hall smaller than Roban Supermarket, Awka ; Lets not forget that this airport will be inaugurated by April 2021 by his Excellency. The same one who said the mini-stadium would be ready by December 28 meanwhile they havent even finished with the stands talk less laid the turf or done the parking lot as at February 8, 2021. ICC it has taken them over 6 months to fix roof trusses and over 6 years to reach 50% completion. Lets see how it goes but stop lying to Anambra people you fulani herdsman.
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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 8:19am On Feb 08, 2021
ejanla077:


I have not seen mktinsight since this news chino check on him biko...
This news knocked him d fuq out


Mktinsight the old frustrated man see how people make mockery of you every time here grin

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Nobody: 8:25am On Feb 08, 2021
FOXDOSSIER:
[s]Mktinsight the mouthpiece of clowns. You are paid 10 monthly to always come here even at mid night to post. Don't you sleep at night? Are you a demon? cheesy

Why are you worried about when our projects in Anambra would be commissioned? You are not from Anambra, but you demonic from hell would always come here to spew your propaganda.

Anambra international airport is the biggest airport in Nigeria and it will be the busiest airport in Nigeria. You have been here for many years wasting your time while the airport project was ongoing, you thought you could stop the project by coming here to eat yourself alive. Take a hike if you can't bear it
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Tissue of lies from Chino the proven liar.

LIE #1: "You are paid 10 monthly to always come here even at mid night to post."
LIE #2: "You are not from Anambra"
LIE #3: "Anambra international airport is the biggest airport in Nigeria"
LIE #4: " it will be the busiest airport in Nigeria."

Keep exposing yourself. APGA propaganda machine. grin grin grin grin
Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 8:31am On Feb 08, 2021
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mktinsight:

Tissue of lies from Chino the proven liar. LIE #1: "You are paid 10 monthly to always come here even at mid night to post."LIE #2: "You are not from Anambra"
LIE #3: "Anambra international airport is the biggest airport in Nigeria"
LIE #4: " it will be the busiest airport in Nigeria."
Keep exposing yourself. APGA propaganda machine.
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Mktinsight the demonic sadistic clown is struggling to show that he is working for the 5k monthly salary he is paid for all his sleepless night here. cheesy

Fact check:

1. "Mktinsight you don't sleep at night"

2. "Mktinsight you don't do any meaningful thing at day time"
3. "Mktinsight you are not from Anambra"

4. "Mktinsight you are a demon from hell"

Solution: mktinsight go for soul searching and sober reflection on your life. You don't have a life right now because you are alone online and offline. You are old and unmarried, no wonder your life revolves around this thread. Mktinsight look for another hubby in life
cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 8:34am On Feb 08, 2021
Mktinsight cry and die. cheesy

Here comes the biggest and busiest airport in Nigeria
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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by gwafaeziokwu: 8:45am On Feb 08, 2021
FOXDOSSIER:
See nzuzu at another level. At some point in history Nigerians had birth certificate was bearing Britain, isn't it? But today will you still allow Britain runs your affairs in Abuja? The same Britain was once a member of European Union, but not anymore. The point I am trying to make is that change is a constant thing.

The same people you called your umunna once sacked your own people from the civil service in the name of non indigenes. Are you getting the point now? People tend to love themselves first before outsiders.

There was a time Ebonyi was part of Enugu and Abia, but not anymore. Then Ebonyi was OK by using Enugu airport. Now do you know why the same Ebonyi is building it's own airport even when unnecessary? It is because they want to chart their own course.

The same thing happens in families. At a point everyone was OK using one room, at some point some start feeling uncomfortable and start moving to another locations for convenience and comfort.

I an go on and on.

The main reason I called you onye nzuzu is because you are willing to accept incorrect information just to prove how United igbos are. That's very dumb and '"mumuism". This is same way some mumus carry one Nigeria on their heads even when every indices out there shows that there's nothing like one Nigeria. "Are you there?"
- in Mc Macaron"s voice


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You are wrong about me willing to accept false information just to prove how Igbo I am. I do not need to prove my Igbo(ness), I show it by not calling the whole Igbos in Abia state names because of one person's error. This is because, only a bastard points at his father's compound with his left hand.

I don't have any problem with you calling out anyone with false information about Anambra state, but insulting his state and his people is bad taste. Learn to correct people without insulting other Igbos. You were even boasting about the damage you have done on Imo thread, that to me is a red flag. The worst is that the person you attacked did not come out gun blazing to attack, he spoke based on his limited knowledge. Correct him mildly and move on.



Changes are made by men. England despite their strength still want to be one country with Wales,Scotland and Ireland. All kinds of autonomy has been granted to the Welsh, Scottish and Irish, but a lot of people in these country still voted to be part of United Kingdom, why? Strength in numbers and cultural affinity. While we are all dissatisfied with Nigeria, we are not dissatisfied with ourselves. Where do you loyalty lie? With Igbo or Anambra? If your loyalty lies only with Anambra then something is wrong somewhere because a new government might come up tomorrow and decide to carve out a new state from Anambra. If your town happen to fall into new state created what will happen?

Being Igbo is eternal. It transcends artificial land demarcation. There are Jews in Russia, USA, even Germany but their heart, soul and loyalty lies in Jerusalem. The fact that families separate to chart their own course does not in any way change their DNA make up. The time of divide and rule in Igboland is long gone. A new Igbo nationality and identity is here upon us. What is happening in Ebonyi should concern me, same with Imo, Abia, and Enugu.

WE WERE IGBOS BEFORE THE BRITS SHOWED UP!!!

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 8:56am On Feb 08, 2021
Though I respect you so much because we have had situations here on nairaland where we both agreed. But take this from me, if you don't love yourself there's no way you are gonna love your neighbour.

In other words, I mean that there's no way you will love your neighbour's children more than your own children. Love comes from inwards, then outwards. The person that sacked you because you are not an indigene did so because he loves his family more than you outsiders, and he was very much in order.

When Trump was preaching America first, it was all about loving American people first. And he was perfectly in order, because mother hen takes care of its chicks first before anything else.

Igbo unity is not different from One Nigeria mantra, because when next there is another opportunity to sack non indigenes, it will still show clearly that there's nothing like igbo unity. That phrase is just for convenience and media propaganda just like one Nigeria mantra. My point is that you should love yourself first before considering outsiders. Don't allow outsiders tell your story.

When Achebe rebutted Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. it was because as at the time the Heart of Darkness was released, no one in Africa could actually put pen to paper to write something meaningful by the way of literature. But when Achebe came, he responded to that essay and tried to tell the world that Africa is not cursed like Joseph Conrad stated in his essay. Some people are fond of trying to turn stories of others up-side-down and it must be resisted by any means possible like Achebe did.

gwafaeziokwu:


You are wrong about me willing to accept false information just to prove how Igbo I am. I do not need to prove my Igbo(ness), I show it by not calling the whole Igbos in Abia state names because of one person's error. This is because, only a bastard points at his father's compound with his left hand.

I don't have any problem with you calling out anyone with false information about Anambra state, but insulting his state and his people is bad taste. Learn to correct people without insulting other Igbos. You were even boasting about the damage you have done on Imo thread, that to me is a red flag. The worst is that the person you attacked did not come out gun blazing to attack, he spoke based on his limited knowledge. Correct him mildly and move on.

Changes are made by men. England despite their strength still want to be one country with Wales,Scotland and Ireland. All kinds of autonomy has been granted to the Welsh, Scottish and Irish, but a lot of people in these country still voted to be part of United Kingdom, why? Strength in numbers and cultural affinity. While we are all dissatisfied with Nigeria, we are not dissatisfied with ourselves. Where do you loyalty lie? With Igbo or Anambra? If your loyalty lies only with Anambra then something is wrong somewhere because a new government might come up tomorrow and decide to carve out a new state from Anambra. If your town happen to fall into new state created what will happen?

Being Igbo is eternal. It transcends artificial land demarcation. There are Jews in Russia, USA, even Germany but their heart, soul and loyalty lies in Jerusalem. The fact that families separate to chart their own course does not in any way change their DNA make up. The time of divide and rule in Igboland is long gone. A new Igbo nationality and identity is here upon us. What is happening in Ebonyi should concern me, same with Imo, Abia, and Enugu.

WE WERE IGBOS BEFORE THE BRITS SHOWED UP!!!

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Nobody: 9:05am On Feb 08, 2021
gwafaeziokwu:


You are wrong about me willing to accept false information just to prove how Igbo I am. I do not need to prove my Igbo(ness), I show it by not calling the whole Igbos in Abia state names because of one person's error. This is because, only a bastard points at his father's compound with his left hand.

I don't have any problem with you calling out anyone with false information about Anambra state, but insulting his state and his people is bad taste. Learn to correct people without insulting other Igbos. You were even boasting about the damage you have done on Imo thread, that to me is a red flag. The worst is that the person you attacked did not come out gun blazing to attack, he spoke based on his limited knowledge. Correct him mildly and move on.



Changes are made by men. England despite their strength still want to be one country with Wales,Scotland and Ireland. All kinds of autonomy has been granted to the Welsh, Scottish and Irish, but a lot of people in these country still voted to be part of United Kingdom, why? Strength in numbers and cultural affinity. While we are all dissatisfied with Nigeria, we are not dissatisfied with ourselves. Where do you loyalty lie? With Igbo or Anambra? If your loyalty lies only with Anambra then something is wrong somewhere because a new government might come up tomorrow and decide to carve out a new state from Anambra. If your town happen to fall into new state created what will happen?

Being Igbo is eternal. It transcends artificial land demarcation. There are Jews in Russia, USA, even Germany but their heart, soul and loyalty lies in Jerusalem. The fact that families separate to chart their own course does not in any way change their DNA make up. The time of divide and rule in Igboland is long gone. A new Igbo nationality and identity is here upon us. What is happening in Ebonyi should concern me, same with Imo, Abia, and Enugu.

WE WERE IGBOS BEFORE THE BRITS SHOWED UP!!!

You are talking to a deranged serial lying agbero with 1,000 monikers. Don't waste your time on Chino. He is here to cause division and to collect his 20K paycheck from Obiano.

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 9:10am On Feb 08, 2021
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mktinsight:

You are talking to a deranged serial lying agbero with 1,000 monikers. Don't waste your time on Chino. He is here to cause division and to collect his 20K paycheck from Obiano.
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Useless frustrated tout, why did you leave our discussion and ran away? You are an ordinary tout that collects mere 5k monthly to have sleepless night. Mktinsight your salary should be increased because you are actually working yourself to the grave. 5k monthly for being awake all night and still return very early to start posting in the morning. We are not talking about your over 5000 different usernames you use on nairaland. Mktinsight you are miserably hopeless in life cheesy

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Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by asha80(m): 9:17am On Feb 08, 2021
gwafaeziokwu:


You are wrong about me willing to accept false information just to prove how Igbo I am. I do not need to prove my Igbo(ness), I show it by not calling the whole Igbos in Abia state names because of one person's error. This is because, only a bastard points at his father's compound with his left hand.

I don't have any problem with you calling out anyone with false information about Anambra state, but insulting his state and his people is bad taste. Learn to correct people without insulting other Igbos. You were even boasting about the damage you have done on Imo thread, that to me is a red flag. The worst is that the person you attacked did not come out gun blazing to attack, he spoke based on his limited knowledge. Correct him mildly and move on.



Changes are made by men. England despite their strength still want to be one country with Wales,Scotland and Ireland. All kinds of autonomy has been granted to the Welsh, Scottish and Irish, but a lot of people in these country still voted to be part of United Kingdom, why? Strength in numbers and cultural affinity. While we are all dissatisfied with Nigeria, we are not dissatisfied with ourselves. Where do you loyalty lie? With Igbo or Anambra? If your loyalty lies only with Anambra then something is wrong somewhere because a new government might come up tomorrow and decide to carve out a new state from Anambra. If your town happen to fall into new state created what will happen?

Being Igbo is eternal. It transcends artificial land demarcation. There are Jews in Russia, USA, even Germany but their heart, soul and loyalty lies in Jerusalem. The fact that families separate to chart their own course does not in any way change their DNA make up. The time of divide and rule in Igboland is long gone. A new Igbo nationality and identity is here upon us. What is happening in Ebonyi should concern me, same with Imo, Abia, and Enugu.

WE WERE IGBOS BEFORE THE BRITS SHOWED UP!!!
you are wasting your time..the guy has even entered YouTube with the same mindset
Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by FOXDOSSIER: 9:21am On Feb 08, 2021
Take your useless post to your useless Imo state. If you are intelligent enough prove my posts wrong word for word. Maybe ghosts are equally haunting you somewhere in YouTube.


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asha80:
you are wasting your time..the guy has even entered YouTube with the same mindset
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