The problem I always have
with people fortunate to serve in government is their laziness to read and
examine past or present records, that are immediately available to them, and
that are relevant to the ideas and ideals they conjure from wherever and
aggressively pursued to force Nigerians to believe or accept. The macabre dance
of a National Carrier by the Ministry of Aviation is frenziedly becoming dizzying
and could lead to a state of delirium if not checked now.
According to Thisday
Newspaper (Friday September 28, 2012), “Special Adviser (Media) to the Minister
of Aviation, Joe Obi, confirmed to THISDAY that the proposed national carrier
would be wholly privately owned and would operate in partnership with an
international airline.
He explained that it might
be entirely new airline with foreign partnership or an existing one that can
emerge as a national carrier but what is clear now is that government will not
play any role in its ownership and control. It will be owned by Nigerians
through IPO, although the template of that is still being worked on.”
If the above report is
true, are the things said by the Ministry’s spokesperson different from what
took place when Virgin Nigeria Airways was about to be started? What is the
fate of that product today?
People who conceived the
idea of Virgin Nigeria are alive and I believe they will be ready to give the
necessary advice and I know they will confirm that what they conceived then was
not different from what the Ministry is promoting and that it will lead to the
same end.
However, if the Ministry is
concerned about a nomenclature – Nigeria Airways – why not go to Arik Air or
Aero and ask that they do a change of name.
Today, the world is
concerned with free enterprise promoted my private interest and not government
enterprise promoted my interim holder of government positions. That is why most
Ministries and their agencies are like glorified junkyards Rehabilitating the
airports to attractive and passenger-friendly complexes is more important than
the distraction of government-coordinated airline in the name of a National
Carrier.
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