I write for a generation that never flew Nigeria Airways, Virgin Nigeria nor Air Nigeria — and possibly will never fly Nigeria Air. A generation that has seen Nigeria let her down too many times, yet has done so much in keeping the country up. That generation, that has resolved and refused to pass a broken Nigeria to her own children. It is you, you who sails in the presence and absence of the Nigerian wind, it is you I write for.
Exactly 20 years ago, as Nigeria celebrated the end of Sani Abacha’s military rule and prepared for the entry of a new democratic system, I was at Air Force Primary School, Ibadan. In Ibadan, my primary school was located a few meters away from the Ibadan Airport. And my first encounter with an airplane was on one of our walks to the airport hanger, where we saw some old, wrecked planes. It was a relic of the past, but little did I know it was a…
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