Senator Kicks Against FG’s Airports’ Concessioning Plan

The former lawmaker that represented Bayelsa  East Senatorial District in the National  Assembly, Senator John Kodjo Brambaifa, has called on the Federal Government  to drop the plan of concessioning or privatissing airports in Nigeria.
He said, if those in authority and leadership positions will think on the welfare   and well being of Nigerians, rather than their selfish  interests, in all their polices and doings, things will be better in Nigeria.
Brambaifa, who disclosed  this to aviation correspondents at the Port Harcourt International  Airport, Omagwa last Tuesday on his way to Abuja,  posited  that, there is nothing  good in privatization, because most government  establishments that were privatised in the past, never fared well after privatisation.
He said that, it is better for Nigerians to manage what they have than to privatise  them, if  they should think of the general interest  and welfare  of the people first  before any other selfish considerations.
Giving example of how the defunct Nigerian Airways did not fare well after privatization, and  how  Arik  airline being managed  by private hands almost got  grounded before  AMCON,  which is a government agency, took it over the ex-lawmaker said that the major issue  in running government business is good  management and commitment.
“It is not a matter of getting private business  people, but commitment and  good managment is key.
When  you  are not  selfish, but think of the  wellbeing of the country, things will go on well.
“Let us take away religion or  the section of the country one comes  from and begin to think of how this country can fare better. When the right people are in positions of leadership, things will be better managed.
“If Nigerian Airways had been properly managed without opting for privatization,  that company would  have been  in operations  now,” he said.

Corlins Walter