Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has on Tuesday, October 15 encouraged airline operators to treat Nigerian passengers well and serve them local dishes on board their flights. This was made known in a statement issued by Odutayo Oluseyi, the aviation ministry’s Head of Press and Public Affairs, while Mr Keyamo received the delegation of Lufthansa Group at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
The statement read: “Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK) has requested Airline Operators to serve passengers with Nigerian dishes.”
Though the minister praised the Lufthansa Group for their services in the aviation industry, he also urged all aircraft leaving or coming to Nigeria to ensure they “treat Nigerians well” on board their flights.
This comes shortly after complaints by the Special Assistant to President Tinubu in the office of the Vice President, Gimba Kakanda, who narrated a harrowing experience he had flying Lufthansa airline recently.
“On a sultry afternoon on 3 October, I boarded Lufthansa flight LH0401 from JFK Airport in New York to Frankfurt Airport, eager to return to Nigeria and unaware of the nightmare that lay ahead,” Mr Kakanda wrote in a statement titled “A nightmare in Frankfurt: Why I won’t be flying Lufthansa again,” published at the time.
He narrated that after disembarking in Frankfurt for a five-hour layover, he quickly realised he had left his wallet in the cabin.
“The wallet contained all my cash, debit cards, identification cards, sensitive personal and official documents, and other valuable items,” the official noted, adding that “upon discovering this, barely a minute after leaving the plane, I immediately rushed to the Lufthansa staff at the terminal exit to report that I had left my wallet, emphasising the critical nature of the items inside.” However, despite his explanation and the urgency of the situation, he was denied the opportunity to return to the aircraft to retrieve his belongings or have the wallet retrieved…. CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
