The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has been urged to wake up from its slumber as the world has gone beyond Nigeria’s poorly regulated Airline industry which gives local operators the leeway to delay, cancel and roundtrip tickets purchased by unsuspecting customers.
The call was made by the South South zonal organising secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Blessing Agbomhere in a personal signed statement on Thursday in reaction to in reaction to the shoddy treatment meted out to Senator Adams Oshiomhole by the management of Air Peace on Wednesday this week at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.
Agbomhere in the statement said the not well regulated airline industry in the country made Airline line like Airpeace to indulge in denying customers the opportunity to travel on schedule, without any sort of sanction on erring
Airlines.
He described the attitude of Air Peace as unjust, dubious and in violation of the principles guiding operations in the aviation industry, adding that it is a continuation of the Airline’s lawless and chaotic operations which should no longer be tolerated by Nigerians.
“I am compelled to address the distressing incident involving Senator Adams Oshiomhole and Air Peace Airline, seeing that the Airline is becoming above the law and notorious for eye service.
“Humanitarian services carried out by it’s Chairman, Allen Onyema all in a bid to perpetually cover up it’s atrocious poor treatment of Nigerians.
“There are several reports by Nigerians against the airline but these complaints keep being swept under the carpet and thereby emboldening the airline to continue acting as if there is no regulator in the sector in Nigeria.
“This has to stop and if it takes the poor treatment of Senator Oshiomhole to stop the nefarious activities of Air Peace, then I’m sure that even the former Governor of Edo state is willing to make that sacrifice.
“It is also disheartening to note that the airline was bold enough to release a statement with deliberate falsehood stating that the Senator arrived the airport twenty minutes late, an obvious lie that should have been spotted by its Chairman who has in recent times taken up the role of an activist and freedom fighter akin to Martins Vincent Otse popularly known as VeryDarkMan, but who cannot spot the wicked and inhuman treatment perpetuated right under his nose by his Airline.
“While calling for a total overhaul of NCAA, I am also issuing a one week ultimatum from the day of the release of this statement to the management of Air Peace to take action by carrying out an immediate investigation into the matter and sanctioning all its staff involved in the incident.
“The Airline should also tender an unreserved apology to Senator Oshiomhole for the distress and embarrassment caused him and ensure that it improves its customer care service for the interest of the flying masses,” he said.
He consequently called on the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, to use his good office to ensure that NCAA is mandated to carry out the necessary investigations on the matter in order to save Nigeria’s local air services from being turned into a bastion of inefficiency and corruption.