Very ignorant comment. Aircrafts are not bought like groundnut. The contract must have been committed to and payment made long before Covid-19 outbreak just few weeks ago.

Also, this is the 4th aircraft acquired under same contract like the first 3. You cannot just wake up and cancel such long term contracts. If you do, you incur serious financial losses.

The story says the aircraft was ready for delivery just before the pandemic hit, they can't leave it parked in Canada else they will incur huge parking fees in foreign currency, so the governor did an excellent job to secure Special dispensation from Aviation minister to fly the plane into Nigeria during this period of flight restriction.

Please let's learn to understand underlying facts before we make emotional comments.

GreatResearcher1:
Great job though! I heard the citizens of that state are suffering. Was the new acquired aircraft necessary at this time where aviation is struggling to stand on its feet?


Vision less leaders everywhere

Modified:

If this aircraft was ordered before the pandemic, what happens to cancelling the order and use the money for something more demanding?

A state where its citizens are suffering. No isolation centre, only two ventilators. just aquired an aircraft. How many planes are flying now?


Brainless leaders everywhere

GreatResearcher1:
pay ur civil servant salary

I don't know why y'all think that akwa ibom people are too poor....and talking about poverty is there any state in this country that is not suffering...truth is that akwa ibom state people re so different from other set of people becos we love our land and we develop ourselves...

Get your facts right before you post. Akwa Ibom has over 10 Ventilators in a world class isolation centre at Ibom speciality hospital. And there are several other centres across the state.

GreatResearcher1:
Great job though! I heard the citizens of that state are suffering. Was the new acquired aircraft necessary at this time where aviation is struggling to stand on its feet?


Vision less leaders everywhere

Modified:

If this aircraft was ordered before the pandemic, what happens to cancelling the order and use the money for something more demanding?

A state where its citizens are suffering. No isolation centre, only two ventilators. just aquired an aircraft. How many planes are flying now?


Brainless leaders everywhere

Siberia01:
kpong unam ikod
ekpekid utoh nkpo ado ke idung owo
eseh eyin inua

idiok esit abi wod useme ado

Amid this COVID 19, you get the money to buy an aircraft while you people are dying of hunger. you are not serious

Shell headquarters is in Lagos both spdc and snepco....people.should always make research before they talk

mtinfx:


It was acquired long ago
It was just delivered
I wont use the word suffering, what akwa Ibom really needs is human capital development backed by solid key industrial infrastructure
They already have some key industries they should revive including

One of the largest aluminium smelters in the world
Abandoned paper mills and steel mills

What they need fast to create jobs include

Seaport
FTZ and industrial zone
Functional refinery and fertiliser plant
2nd Brewery
A standard beach resort at ibeno that can attract local and intl tourists
What they have so far

Champion breweries
Exxon Mobil
Syringe factory
RUSAL
Break pad manufacturers
Gas plant
500 mw power plant
Gas plants
Saipem
Shell
Flour mills
Coconut factory
So they still have a lot of work to do


Modified
The guy I quoted is a hater
Who called a completed building a drawing and also lied that akwa ibom has only 2 ventilators
Please ignore his sinister motives on this thread

They guy is a hater while you are a sycophant.
Where do we have she'll in Akwa Ibom?
What is the impact of ExxonMobil in Akwa Ibom compare to what Shell and the rest are creating in Rivers?

Give a Man a fish, you will have to give him the fish forever, teach a man how to fish, he will fishfor himself.

You see, the Airbus will boost the economy of the state, employ more people and by then, more people will be employed.

Think again

GreatResearcher1:
Great job though! I heard the citizens of that state are suffering. Was the new acquired aircraft necessary at this time where aviation is struggling to stand on its feet?


Vision less leaders everywhere

Modified:

If this aircraft was ordered before the pandemic, what happens to cancelling the order and use the money for something more demanding?

A state where its citizens are suffering. No isolation centre, only two ventilators. just aquired an aircraft. How many planes are flying now?


Brainless leaders everywhere

Hmmm, there is oil even in Calaba Itu, how much more Oron.

Eken, Oron, Esit Eket, Una Eket, Uruan, Ikot Abasi, Calabar Itu, and the list goes on and on.. so many local government there has crude oil

Please verify before arguing.

Am not sure if the oil is being explored in Oron, but I've heardof shell at Ikot Abasi, however, if the user says so, you go do your findings.

Cakephp:

How much they paid you to tell lies?

There is no oil in Oron or Oruk anam, only one local government is producing oil in akwa ibom.

Raypawer:
Give a Man a fish, you will have to give him the fish forever, teach a man how to fish, he will fishfor himself.

You see, the Airbus will boost the economy of the state, employ more people and by then, more people will be employed.

Think again

Let him pay civil servants their salary first.

ignis:
Should I call this a misplaced priority ?

Yes dear. call it what it is.

Raypawer:
Hmmm, there is oil even in Calaba Itu, how much more Oron.

Eken, Oron, Esit Eket, Una Eket, Uruan, Ikot Abasi, Calabar Itu, and the list goes on and on.. so many local government there has crude oil

Please verify before arguing.

Am not sure if the oil is being explored in Oron, but I've heardof shell at Ikot Abasi, however, if the user says so, you go do your findings.

In your delusional mind.
Where is shell RA or well located in Ikot Abasi?
Where are the oil wells located in all those LGA you mentioned?
You should be the one to go do findings and stop being delusional.

ubcandid:

go and check what a corked oil well is. I have a B.Sc in Petroleum Engineering. You may as well know that oron has over 15 corked wells 'I' have visited during Uni days. Don't be daft, seek knowledge. A well that produces gas is also called an oil well.

Lol
se se iwang. Obong owo, ado ata iwang.
I'm a top class chemical engineer, I have researched and published several papers along the oil line.

Oil wells in Oron only exist in your imaginations you visited in your dreams.
Only one local government produces oil in akwa Ibom, the local government beside Eket.

Cakephp:

Lol
se se iwang. Obong owo, ado ata iwang.
I'm a top class chemical engineer, I have researched and published several papers along the oil line.

Oil wells in Oron only exist in your imaginations you visited in your dreams.
Only one local government produces oil in akwa Ibom, the local government beside Eket.

guy you're so dumb. What is the name of the local Govt besides eket? There are close to 4 besides eket. I WANT TO RUBBISH YOUR FOOLISHNESS. I'M WAITING.

ubcandid:

guy you're so dumb. What is the name of the local Govt besides eket? There are close to 4 besides eket. I WANT TO RUBBISH YOUR FOOLISHNESS. I'M WAITING.

iwang

Cakephp:

Lol
se se iwang. Obong owo, ado ata iwang.
I'm a top class chemical engineer, I have researched and published several papers along the oil line.

Oil wells in Oron only exist in your imaginations you visited in your dreams.
Only one local government produces oil in akwa Ibom, the local government beside Eket.

you're definitely a disgrace to engineering with that comment of yours. Your copy and paste papers? Is that what you're talking about?
even an economist can publish along the oil line. Your quotient is weak.

Cakephp:
Obong iwang
QIT is in Ibeno

so ibeno is the only L.G producing oil in Akwa Ibom? Is that your answer?

ubcandid:

so ibeno is the only L.G producing oil in Akwa Ibom? Is that your answer?

Which other local government is producing?

Which local government has physical oil facilities both onshore and offshore installed?

I'm not supposed to argue with you dummy sha, I'm only doing this for the benefit of thousands of people viewing this thread for clarity

Cakephp:

Which other local government is producing?

Which local government has physical oil facilities both onshore and offshore installed?

I'm not supposed to argue with you dummy sha, I'm only doing this for the benefit of thousands of people viewing this thread for clarity

you're such an idiot. You're no chemical engineer because I was even preparing for a technical argument with you. No engineer who studied geology in secondary school, let alone undertook studies on permeability, viscosity, porocity and all fluid properties in the University would be petty in analysis.

I would use a primary school wisdom to answer you because your quotient is so low.
Akwa-Ibom won oil wells from Cross River state and lost to Rivers state, by your blind submission, Ibeono is the only L.G with an oil well.
Thus, on that note, does Ibeono share land and sea boundary with both Rivers and Cross-River state?

After reading some comments, I've realise that some people are so ignorant of the future.
Oil price is going down and govt is diversifying from crude oil to aviation which generates huge income and people are here condemning govt effort, calling it a misplaced priority.
Wait until monthly allocation falls below avenge and you'll see states owing salaries without tangible development then you'll now knw the impact of this development.
For those claiming that the state is poor, last time I check the statistics of poverty in the country, Akwa ibom wasn't topping the chat.

For those claiming that govt should've canell the agreement they signed last year, after the first 3 planes has been delivered, clap for yourself, you deserve an award.

Congratulations to the govt and the people of Akwa ibom state,
State governors in Akwa ibom, Ebonyi, Rivers are doing well infrastructurally.

aniblue:
After reading some comments, I've realise that some people are so ignorant of the future.
Oil price is going down and govt is diversifying from crude oil to aviation which generates huge income and people are here condemning govt effort, calling it a misplaced priority.
Wait until monthly allocation falls below avenge and you'll see states owing salaries without tangible development then you'll now knw the impact of this development.
For those claiming that the state is poor, last time I check the statistics of poverty in the country, Akwa ibom wasn't topping the chat.

For those claiming that govt should've canell the agreement they signed last year, after the first 3 planes has been delivered, clap for yourself, you deserve an award.

Let me not mistake income for profit. But it's well known that the 'airline business' has a low profit margin. You can check up on that.

Great development. Akwa Ibom is fast becoming the industrial and economic hub in the country. Kudos to the governor

wink2015:
NORTHERN NIGERIA IS STILL DREAMING AND WAITING FOR FEDERAL ALLOCATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Maybe they will wait much more longer for the federal ships that are held in Spanish Canary Island to be given permit to offload and sell their crude.

Is it not wise for the northern states to venture into Agricultures.

Many states in Nigeria can make headway from Agriculture but sheer laziness and corruption that is the factor that is hindering them.

Akwa Ibom is on the road map to economic diversification creating multiple streams of income for their economy.

Nice 1

GreatResearcher1:
Great job though! I heard the citizens of that state are suffering. Was the new acquired aircraft necessary at this time where aviation is struggling to stand on its feet?


Vision less leaders everywhere

Modified:

If this aircraft was ordered before the pandemic, what happens to cancelling the order and use the money for something more demanding?

A state where its citizens are suffering. No isolation centre, only two ventilators. just aquired an aircraft. How many planes are flying now?


Brainless leaders everywhere

IGNORANCE we say is the greatest enemy of mankind. 2 ventilators indeed

When next you post trash; look behind your keypad & have a rethink if am being stupid for posting rubbish with out proper verification

GreatResearcher1:
Show us real building not this drawing

Are you serious or are you the last person to know such building exist in Akwaibom state

Don't let your ignorance drive you into being blind & unreasonable; come to akwaibom state & i wll personally take u to dat magnificent building.

dantrillion:


Are you serious or are you the last person to know such building exist in Akwaibom state

Don't let your ignorance drive you into being blind & unreasonable; come to akwaibom state & i wll personally take u to dat magnificent building.

where is this audio building located?

GreatResearcher1:
where is this audio building located?

Untill when you reach itam park...then we can continue our discussion; thank you.

dantrillion:


Untill when you reach itam park...then we can continue our discussion; thank you.

what happens at itam park?

vcogrars ,what a nation can't do,a particular state is doing it,and doing it fine.kudos