Re: State governors spend billions on foreign trips

I read your story with the above caption but it should be noted that the round trip tickets on Emirates airline to Dubai on first class is N1,501,071, business class N898,371 and economy class N199,911. Tickets to New York on Emirates are N2,245,972 on first class cabin, business class N1,527,772;and economy class N252,292. Moreover, a […]

I read your story with the above caption but it should be noted that the round trip tickets on Emirates airline to Dubai on first class is N1,501,071, business class N898,371 and economy class N199,911. Tickets to New York on Emirates are N2,245,972 on first class cabin, business class N1,527,772;and economy class N252,292. Moreover, a first class ticket on British Airways to London is N2,670,195 while business class ticket is N1,948,425 and economy class N835,898. Tickets to New York on British Airways are as follows: first class N3,061,854, business class N2,065,824 and economy class N989,994.
However, it is pertinent to note that despite the dwindling revenue base in the states, these governors are still lavishing huge sum of fund on fruitless journeys named as wooing of investors. Why don’t they put infrastructure in place which will definitely entice and attract the so-called investors? Most of these governors have no clue on how to spend meagre resources at their disposal judiciously some of them embark on the white-elephant projects such as airports that have no direct impact on the people in those states. How many governors in the United States embark on those jamborees as we have in Nigeria?
I am an avid campaigner of scrapping of the state in favour of the more viable region. Conclusively, the list did not include Niger state governor who travels every fortnight in order to watch Chelsea football club matches at Stamford Bridge likewise Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State.

Kayode Adebayo, Abuja, [email protected]