When the people of the South west allege that they were marginalised by the appointment of the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah I get amused.
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And when I hear that the appointment she made was dominated by people from the South east I get bewildered.
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If you check it you will discover that Oduah's appointments were the most balanced in the industry since 1999 because it gave full representation to every part of the country. But I know why the South west is surprisingly crying marginalisation.
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In the past, they used to dominate every appointment made in the industry. And even now, if you get the list of all the workers in all the aviation parastatals, you will find out that they have the highest number of appointments.
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They are alleging ethnic cleansing because other parts of the country have been given opportunity.
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What I have come to know about Nigeria is that when you enjoy an unjustifiable advantage, you would want it to continue and when there is any effort to address the injustice, those benefitting begin to shout because they see it as a right to cheat others.
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For example, I was privileged to access some documents in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria when Richard Aisuebeogun was the Managing Director of the Authority.
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These documents revealed that the former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani Kayode employed about 30 persons in FAAN. 16 of them were made assistant general managers, deputy general managers and general managers, while the rest were absorbed in other ranks.