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A few weeks ago, WIC tried to claim credit for the upgrade of the Enugu Airport to an international status and for having the name changed to Akanu Ibiam International Airport. Those in the know could see that WIC was just deluding itself. Now the rogue regime in Abuja is back-pedaling.
The question is: how many International airports are there in the Southwest and and the other zones? Why all of a sudden is there not enough money for two airports in a zone? After all, the Imo Airport was built with money from Imo people and not from the so-called federal government.
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quote:how many International airports are there in the Southwest and and the other zones?---Ike
Thought you were aware that the Southwest has only Murtala Muhammed International Airport, which of course was sited in Lagos as a Federal Capital Territory. So technically speaking, there are no international airports in SW Nigeria. This is not to imply that the SE is wrong to clamour for an International airport, although bringing in the unneccesary comparison as usual serves no useful purpose.
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Not so. The Ikeja Airport was an international airport before Murtala Muhammed was added. So, there are two international airports in Lagos alone ready for use as such.
There are procedures for closing an airport down when the government that built it has moved. I understand that has not been implemented in the case of the Lagos airports. Instead, the federal govt that built them has continued to fund and maintain them.
The bottomline is that the central govt has not built an international airport in the Southeast. The same govt has built two in Lagos.
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Ikeja Airport is the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. I maintain that there is only one international airport in the SW. Matter of fact, there are four airports designated as international in Nigeria; one sited in each of the three zones and Abuja, or are you saying that P/H is no longer a part of the East?
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quote: Ikeja Airport is the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
What you mean to say is that the Ikeja International Airport became the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. In that case, let us upgrade Enugu to an international airport. Then, let us build yet another airport in Enugu called Akanu Ibiam International Airport, and then, let us start refering to the upgraded Enugu Airport as the local wing of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport. Abi!
quote: Matter of fact, there are four airports designated as international in Nigeria;
Very funny choice of words! In that case, I hereby designate the other four airports in the West (Benin, Oshogbo, Ibadan, Ilorin) to be international airports. Aaaah!, Ilorin! Don't tell me it is not Yorubaland anymore. Now, we understand how Port Harcourt got 'designated' NOT to accept flights from any major city in the world except a quasi-domestic flight from France, and why nearly all important goods are 'designated' to only come in through Lagos and airports in the north.
quote: ... one sited in each of the three zones and Abuja
Why "three zones?" Since Lagos has long become the de-facto capital of Yorubaland, why don't we simply say Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa zones and locate an international airport in each of the capital cities, one in Enugu, one in Lagos, and one in Kaduna? Yes, Kaduna has a complex of military/civilian international airports. BiafraNigeria never had three zones; it had three regions plus Lagos, then it had four regions plus Lagos. The only other effort to categorize BiafraNigeria in zonal terms was under Abacha, and that was six geo-political zones plus Abuja. What we need now is: three-zones plus Umuahia or six-zones plus Aba.
quote: ...or are you saying that P/H is no longer a part of the East?
Por Harcourt will always be in the East; it is Igboland. But, Port Harcourt was never the capital city of the East. The airport there was intended to serve the oil companies, not the Easterners. I am saying that the government of BiafraNigeria built one large international airport in Lagos and four airports of the Port Harcourt size in other parts of Yorubaland and the West. There are countless airports in Hausaland and the North. The money used to build those airports came from the East, especially Igboland. Some of that money should be used to build world-class airports in the East.
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quote:I maintain that there is only one international airport in the SW. Matter of fact, there are four airports designated as international in Nigeria; one sited in each of the three zones and Abuja, or are you saying that P/H is no longer a part of the East?
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I regret using the word "designated". That was a slip of the pen. Well, the more you look, the less you see. As far as my understanding goes (I may be limited, y'know), only four airports in NIgeria are used as international. I do know tat Kano Int.airport serves as the main take-off point for all Hajj flights from the North, we can then start to ask ourselves the obvious question,why not Maiduguri? We also know about Calabar, don't we all?
On this airpot issue, I think you have to swallow a humble pie and admit that the Nigerian central government has NOt been fair to the Igbos vis-a-vis the sharing of Federal projects. Fact on the ground in Nigeria is that this disparity in the way Federal projects are shared/located is not restricted to international airports alone as we are discussing here, rather it extends to every other Federal allocation.
Since it will be a waste of time to revist threads where this SAD case has been FORCEFULLY made by Nwa Aro and co, I will nonetheless tell you and those who carry out or support this INJUSTICE that as long as this DELIBERATE anti-Igbo policies exists, there wont be peace in Nigeria.
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What makes an international airport? I believe that one has to be the ability for the runway to take long haul aircraft, this is in addition to the airport having the necessary navigation aids needed for an international airport and finally the security at the airport must meet certain international standards. There are of course other factors that are relevant in designating international airports.
Now about Maiduguri being designated as an international airport for the purpose of airlifting pilgrims, I am aware that pilgrims have been at various times been airlifted directly from Ibadan, Ilorin and Minna. I dont know how many of these are in the list of designated international airports. What I am saying is that it is simply mind boggling to built an international airport for the sole purpose of airlift of pilgrims.
How much does it cost us to maintain the facilities in those airports? Consider that the number who used the Sokoto in 2002 were not even enough to make up for 50% the capacity of a Boeing 737, it begs the question why the airport is international.
Note that Owerri in 2002 despite no patronage from Nigeria Airways, had 779 passengers. This was at the time that only 1 airline was using the airport. Compare that to the figures for Minna, Markurdi, Ilorin, Ibadan which were used by Nigeria airways.
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Today, Owerri is a much better airport than Enugu because it was not Nigerian government engineered and sponsored. The airport is the brilliance and the wonders of Ndi Igbo.["We the People"]. I could care less if Enugu is not upgraded to international, as long as I don't have to soft land in Port Hacourt to Aba. And hopefully, not to crash land in Lagos anymore in the future. Up grade Owerri for better business in the East.
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A person by the name Anthony Obaseki posted a question "IS NIGERIA WORTH DYING FOR"? for a vote, only a vote and nothing but a vote. No one understood the question, vintage Nigerians and misplaced anger. And huge violation of reasoning. Why is Ednut speaking in tongues? When he could have easily responded to the posted message.
Hail Biafra
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I'm offended that you call people here "typical nigerians." You should know better than that; we are Biafran, please.
Someone here has already said that if a foreign power invades nigeria today, most Biafranigerians on the ground and on this board will join the invader to bring down nigeria. That answers Mr. Obaseki's question. What else do you want people to do?
In any case, the issue here is upgrading the Akanu Ibiam International Airport. You have said you don't care about it. But that sounds like a rightwing crackpot nut-head who admires cheap talk on Losh Linburgh radio. Please keep to the subject matter of this trade.
[ July 06, 2004, 04:13 AM: Message edited by: Amadi O. ]
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Quote: ----------------------- "Today, Owerri is a much better airport than Enugu because it was not Nigerian government engineered and sponsored. The airport is the brilliance and the wonders of Ndi Igbo.["We the People"].--WP1 ----------------------
Boy its time you SHUT UP if you dont have anything POSITIVE to contribute to a discourse/debate. What stops both Owerri and Enugu airpüorts being upgraded to international status? Its people like you who think that the only way to unite the world is to divide everyone (the Igbos included) that must be watched very carefully. Thank God those who have eyes are seeing beyond the 'Biafra' slogan.
In any case, I am not surprised. Afteral you are the same fellow who came here to force us to reagrd Kema Chikwe, Nigeria's former Aviation Minister as a "her" because she went to the U.S to question why we Igbos need an international airport. We are begining to see bit-by-bit the type of Biafra Republic the Waypoints of this world will give the Igbos!
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When I told you guys that Kema was sooo Gooood, some of you went up in arms. Now it appears she was quietly doing things for the Ibos without writing on the internet. Shame on you noise makers led by the inconsistent Nwa Aro.
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Thanks for that link NwaAsaba or should I call you Nwaigbo?
quote:Calling her a bitch is being nice to her trust me. I could have called her a whore but I did......
--------> NWABIAFRA and his intellectuall discusion and name calling which he distaste to the bone. Talk about inconsistency and misplaced thinking. What a stooge or is he?
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PLANS are in top gear to upgrade the facilities at the Enugu Airport to make it an international passenger centre, the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Aviation have said. At a press conference in Abuja yesterday, Senator Christopher Nshii and his lower House counterpart, Martins Oke said that about N3 billion was appropriated for the airport facilities in the 2003 budget. The lawmakers added that though the contract had been awarded but work has not started, stressing that the plan to elevate the airport to passenger international status was still in focus. "In 2004 budget, about N300 million was also appropriated in the main budget for the provision of modern safe-landing equipment at Enugu Airport," they added. Nshii debunked the impression created that there were moves to elevate Imo Airport to international status in preference to Enugu because of its poor facilities. He said they were rather in support of Federal Government's efforts to elevate Imo Airport to cargo international status and Enugu to passenger international status. "We wish therefore, to state clearly that there is no preference for any of them as the status of the airports when internationalised will not be conflicting but complimentary as is the case in other geo-political zones of Nigeria, they said". While thanking President Olusegun Obasanjo for realising the need to elevate Enugu and Imo airports, the lawmakers said it was pertinent to state that the south-east geopolitical zone is the only one in the country today without a functional international airport despite its passenger traffic.
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Quote: ------------------------- "He said they were rather in support of Federal Government's efforts to elevate Imo Airport to cargo international status and Enugu to passenger international status. -------------------------
Quote: ----------------------- "What stops both Owerri and Enugu airpüorts being upgraded to international status?---Nwa Aro -----------------------
Unlike those who wanted the iarport to be located in their bedroom, the Nwa Aros who saw it as an IGBO ISSUE have won at the end of the day! Now that both airports have been attended to as it ought to have been done long ago, those (like the wayward Waypoint) who did/or do not think Enugu city to be part and parcel of Igboland should do well to stay put in their self-imposed exile abroad. Afterall, the Biafran self-appointed king told us on this board as far back as 2001 that he has not stepped his feet on Nigerian soil, by extension Igboland and his village FOR NINTEEN YEARS! Yet he want to lead Nwa Aro. In any case, who needs REJECTS in Igboland more than we already have?
One thing that makes me happy is that this GOOD decision was taken after that USED WOMAN (Kema Chikwe) was used and dumped.
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I am interested in reading that the Enugwu and Owere airports have become International airports with departing and arriving flights to and from almost all major cities in the world. I never want to see Yoroba or Awusa land on my way to Igboland. Never! I am not impressed with this song and dance about,
quote:PLANS are in top gear to upgrade the facilities at the Enugu Airport to make it an international passenger centre, the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Aviation have said.
Those plans have been in "top gear" for ions, just like the plans to dredge the River Oha-Igbo. Why not two aiports that handle both cargo and passengers. Why burden the Owere and Enugwu airport with the "cargo" and "passenger" stigma? Now, cargo destined for Enugwu must land in Owere and passengers destined for Owere must land in Enugwu. Whose idea was it to create this passenger/cargo dichotomy, which does not exist at Murtala Muhamed Airport, Kano Airport, and the other airports? Does this mean that cargo flights will now be banned at MMA and Kano, the same way that major goods must be shipped through Tin Can Island?
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Dikeanatuegwu: Good argurement. Why the "plan" and not the implimentation? In any case, I still submit that it is a good start because I am made to understand that there is pressue being put on the Federal authorities to make BOTH airpots INTERNATIONAL; able to SEPARATELY handle cargo and passengers. Afteral is that not what we have in the north and western part of Nigeria as you have already highlighted? There's no reason why we should rest on until these airports are RECOGNIZED in NOT only name but also in actuality as INTERNATIONAL.
Again, I still think it's a GOOD start. But surely more PRESSURE is needed until planes from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD starts landing and taking off from BOTH airports.
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Folks, All the talk about upgrading Enugwu and Owerri airport is nothing but a gimmick. We have heard this story before and nothing happened. I will not believe any positive story that has to do with improving the life of people in Igboland by these people in power.
We should pay more attention on issues that will actualize Biafra. Noboby will tell Biafrans then that one airport will be for cargo while the other will be for passengers. It is all nonesence. No country in the world have civil airport built for different purposes. This is nothing but a big JOKE.
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