Kudos to Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode for setting up an investigations committee into the unfair air fares charged Nigerians by foreign airlines! It's been an imperialistic racket of sorts, and a betrayal of the tenets & beauty of competitive market forces. All patriotic African governments should act right now! Neither Europe nor the US will permit such aberrations.
An additional kudos to the youthful minister for calling the airlines to order on the shabby and despicable manner some of them treat Nigerian Travellers! The press reports on these cases have been as chilling as they have been disgusting. For airlines making a "killing" on Nigerian routes, it is simply scandalous to tolerate such heist. Where is quality assurance and where is customer care?
In this regard, to both help the airlines and respect our nation, the minister should institute a compulsory passenger assessment card to be checked/ticked by all travellers on all flights and delivered into secure drop-boxes. Initial period: 24 months. After that, randomly in league with tourism authorities. This should cover both arrival and departure operations and services.
While it took all of EIGHT years for this "reforming" and "privatizing" administration to see the rip-offs and disrespect, let's just say "better late than never". Pray, let justice be done.
The panel reports in about 3 weeks. Good.
And we wait.
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