Many Nigerians were excited with the news that the country was at last
launching a “national carrier.” But the first downer came with the horrible
naming of the brand, “Nigeria Air” instead of a more proper “Nigerian Air,”
and the grammatically convulsive slogan, “Bringing Nigeria Closer To The
World,” implying Nigeria was somewhere outside the world, perhaps in
someone’s pocket. It appeared the profile was drafted by the same never
reprimanded fellow in the Buhari presidency who was so idea-lazy, he had to
plagiarize from late Charles de Gaulle and Obama to write Buhari’s basic
addresses.
But the grammatical poverty in the branding was the lesser of the scandals
of the advertisement. A rapid review of what was launched immediately
exposed the great scam that was presented to the bleeding country
apparently in political desperation.
“Nigeria Air” is not a national brand but a private company. It is a cabal
brand being supported and promoted by the Buhari government. The cabal were
enticed with God know what massive benefits – including half rate FOREX,
tax cuts, duty exemptions etc – to buy a few airplanes and launch under a
“national brand” name, as a tact to fool gullible Nigerians into thinking
they were getting a state-owned and people profiting brand.
Launching the private cabal-owned company in the United Kingdom, perhaps
where the cabal wished their company launched, Minister of State for
Aviation, Hadi Sirika said,
“this will be a National Carrier that is Private sector-led and driven. It
is a business, not a social service. Government will not be involved in
running it or deciding who runs it. The investors will have full
responsibility for this. The Nigerian Government will not own more than 5%
(maximum) of the new National Carrier. Government will not be involved in
running it or deciding who runs it.”
Abeg o, will this government buy 5% shares in my company too, give me super
deals and breaks, market me in the UK and advertise my business in all
local and global dailies. Someone please link me to them so I can enjoy
like the cabal do.
“Nigeria Air” is no different from “Dana Air,” “Arik Air” and all other
cabal-owned airlines operating in and out of Nigeria. It is a pathetic
shame how the Nigerian governments of this dispensation, PDP and nPDP-APC
successively lie to the people and either privatise majority ownership of
government companies or in other scams, market private companies as though
they are state business.
Let’s quickly compare with some African and Middle East airlines.
1. Air Namibia – Solely Namibian government owned.
http://www.airnamibia.com/
2. Ethiopian Airlines – 100% owned by the Ethiopian government.
https://www.ethiopianairlines.
3. Kenyan Airlines – was 100% government owned, now privatised however with
the government-people of Kenya still being majority shareholder, holding
48.9%. 38.1% owned by local banks, 7.8% by KLM and 5.2% by other
shareholders.
http://atwonline.com/airports-
4. Emirates Airlines – a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, itself is a
subsidiary of the Dubai government’s investment company, Investment
Corporation of Dubai which is a state-owned holding company that can be
characterized as a sovereign wealth fund owned by the government of Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
https://www.bloomberg.com/
; https://www.icd.gov.ae/about-
5. Etihad – wholly owned by the government of Abu Dhadi.
http://www.etihad.com/en-us/
We can go on and on. So in summary, while across the world, national
carriers are to the profit of the masses, in Nigeria, the government
advertised carrier is a private business for the same ‘ol wealthy few.
In Nigeria they pretend that government cannot run businesses. I have
released a video debunking this fraudulent premise in the past. I showed
how it is only monkeys that cannot run businesses and that if indeed those
in power felt they were monkeys who could not run state-owned agencies,
they should privatise the government of Nigeria itself, because clearly
running agencies is easier than running or ruining the lives of the 190
million people…and their admitted and demonstrated inefficiency is seen
in the security collapse in Nigeria today with hundreds dying daily.
Or the failed rulers should resign, accepting they are monkeys, unable to
run anything and give way to human beings who can profitably run government
agencies as is done all over the world. [See those videos:
https://youtu.be/_ios0fWuQfk & https://www.youtube.com/watch?
We can only imagine which of the usual suspect cabal own “Nigeria Air.” The
typical sponsors of PDP-APC and the new friends and family in he corridors
of power. Hopefully the Nigerian media will help us know those who this
government free promo will help make more billions sooner than later.
2019 by God’s mighty grace, we will take over and restore honesty, decency
and people-centered and conscious prosperous development. We will take back
Nigeria from the greedy sleazy and slimy cabal.
Dr. Perry Brimah, 2019 presidential candidate: @CabalMustGo movement;
Whatsapp Tel: +234-903-420-3031; +1-929-427-5305; ; @EveryNigerian