NASS Members, others on Azman Airline stranded at Kano Airport

Tom Okpe, Abuja

Members of the House of Representatives in the National Assembly were on Wednesday left stranded at the Kano International Airport by Azman Airline without anyone attending to them.

The lawmakers boarded Azman Airline for an official assignment with the Committee on Petroleum Upstream and Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), waited for hours unattended to for a flight that was scheduled to take off at 12:30pm but was shifted to 2:30, then to 6pm and was moved to 9:45 and again moved to 12:15, next day, Thursday.

As at the time of filing this report, no official of the airline was on ground to address passengers.

Speaking to Newsmen on the matter, the House Spokesman Rep Benjamin Kalu expressed worry that airline operators especially Azman airline have resolved to treat Nigerians without respect which is against the consumer protection law of the country where, if a passenger is delayed for two hours, the operators should reach out to their passengers.

He said: ” it is important the people we represent know where we are and the National Assembly knows we are still strounded here and as we speak to you nobody is at the counter to address us, not even the manager.”

Representative Kalu who spoke on behalf of the lawmakers expressed concern that this is what the ordinary Nigerians pass through on a daily basis while travelling.

“We just came out to see the manager and other members still inside.”

Another passenger Abdullahi Alhassan Bashir and his wife were also captured waiting endlessly without being attended to.

Other lawmakers who identified themselves include Rotimi Agunsoye, Henry Archibong, Gboluga Tinboju among others.

“In the hall alot of Nigerians were left stranded, there are other Nigerians who are stranded and we are witnessing this, firsthand and we are feeling it. Màny passengers are abandoned here.

“We are raising this call for the common Nigerians, sometimes when citizens bring their complaint it appears as if they fabricated it but this one we are involved, and we are seeing this for ourselves.”

He lamented that they had left the airport for the office and no one was on ground to address them.

“We don’t know when we are leaving here and we have shown interest to find out from the ministry of Aviation and Consumer Protection Council what is happening to the Aviation sector as soon as we return,” he said.