So, you know how our 'thiefry' politicians ruin every good thing in Nigeria right?
Well, one of the first people to bring an international recognized airline to Nigeria, the CEO of Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson had to abandon the idea after several bitter fights with our Government. You guys need to realize these corrupt politcians do not want the progress of Nigeria...as far as their pocket is full the rest of us can die!
Why am i ranting? Read Richard's comments on doing business in Nigeria.
"...We have virgin's ill-fated footsteps by setting up a new airline in Africa in conjunction with Nigerian government... The details of the doomed attempts to crack the Nigerian market in the 2000s is better imagined...we put ...together a very good airline, the first airline in West Africa that was ever IOSA/IATA operational safety audit accredited but unfortunately it got tied down to the politics of the country...we led the airlines for 11years...
we fought daily battle against government agents who wanted to daily
make fortune from us, politicians who saw the government 49% as a meal
to seek for all kinds of favour...watchdogs(regulatory body) that didn't
know what to do and persistently asking for bribes at any
point...Nigeria people are generally nice but the politicians are very
insane...that may be irony because the people make up the
politicians...but those politicians are selfish...we did make N3billion
for the federal government of Nigeria during the joint
venture...realising that the government didn't bring nothing to the
table/partnership except dubious debts by the previous carrier, Nigeria
Airways...The joint venture should have been the biggest African carrier
by now if the partnership was allowed to grow, but the politicians
KILLED it...Nigeria is a country we SHALL NEVER consider to doing
business again..'
-Naija Leaks
-Naija Leaks
That's sad! Unfortunately the politicians won't change. That's job opportunites-gone! God help Nigeria!
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