THE RESURGENCE OF ATTACKS ON DISTINGUISHED SENATOR STELLA ODUAH, AN ABERRATION

Its regrettable to notice that Sahara Reporters have continued this trend of their beer parlour journalism that deserves only a place at the garbage bin after shredding it . No mainstream media will dwell and build a history of lies and lies and lies just to pander to the interest of  their sponsors and thereby hoodwink unsuspecting Nigerians especially the Diaspora group that are seeking to keep abreast with happenings in fatherland, the way Sahara Reporters do.

Unfortunately, it has gotten to the point where no one bothers about responding to Sahara Reporters and their tissue of lies because they have established that precedence in many occasions hence no dignifies them with a response again.

I can understand that elections are getting closer, so many desperate politicians who know that they cannot stand any election against Distinguished Senator Oduah and win on issues and performance, will want to do anything to create disaffection in the camp of Senator Oduah supporters which is expanding daily like fire, in recompense with what she has done within these three years she has represented the good people of Anambra North.

But for the interest of many who have been deceived by their sensational propaganda again, let me take time to dissect the issues one by one.

The entire baseless story this time revolved on just one issue, which is break down of Screening Machines bought since 2013. We are in 2018 and Sahara and their sponsors who will never take responsibility for their shortcomings and incompetence rather they are still blaming Stella Oduah who left office since 2014 for installations that were done since 2013.

Sahara Reporters said the manufacturers were not known and in another paragraph they also said maintenance of the equipments was part of the agreement reached with manufacturers of the equipments. What a paradox! Who then was the agreement reached with if the purchase was from a “ghost” manufacturer as claimed by Sahara Reporters. Are people not tired of these lies and counter lies that only expose the lack of professionalism and beer parlour journalism practiced by Sahara Reporters and their sponsors.

It’s unfortunate that our country has continued to slump in this manner where incompetence is the order of the day and people will continue to blame the past instead of taking responsibility for their actions and inactions. Government is a continuum and so is everything that comes with it. Isn’t it laughable that four years after Distinguished Senator Stella Oduah left aviation, they are still expecting her to be the one maintaining the infrastructures she installed across all geopolitical zones of Nigeria half a decade ago. Infact, the entire industry has continued to quake at the sound of the name of the only Minister that brought watershed restructuring that took our aviation ministry to another level.

It is on record that aviation sector recorded a boom under Senator Oduah and the entire industry was flourishing with many flights getting fully booked ahead of departure, a practice that was hitherto impossible and unheard of.

Sahara Reporters and their cohorts/sponsors will never forgive Distinguished Senator Stella Oduah for shattering all the barriers in Aviation Industry. It’s on record that she was the first person that was bold enough to develop our Aviation sector by remodelling 22 airports across all geo political zones of Nigeria against the wishes of status quo, after decades of abandonment and decay even while Billions were appropriated yearly into the  Ministry but there was nothing to show for it. The people that headed the Ministry prior to her are daily sleeping in peace because they never bordered to develop our aviation sector rather the appropriations disappeared yearly from Aviation Ministry Account without any accountability.

Senator Stella Oduah took it upon herself to develop our aviation sector in tandem with our burgeoning population to meet the growing challenges of transport. It’s on record that before she became Minister of Aviation, flight was like journey to hell for Nigerians as many dreaded to fly. Flying was exclusively for the few who had the courage to risk their lives.

Stella Oduah came and faced the challenges head on. From infrastructural decay to safety concerns and management, Stella Odauh was up to the task and brought sweeping reforms to the sector, thereby making the industry attractive again for Nigerians to travel by air and for investors to come in to invest. By the time she was leaving office in 2014, the statistics showed that Nigerian air travel had grown by more than 100% due to her resilience which brought sweeping changes to the sector.

Just as we have seen over the years, this new baseless attack that has no venom and substance, will also go the same way the previous attacks have gone, straight to the shredder as people are sick and tired of these boring fallacies rather Nigerians are yearning for new initiatives in aviation sector that will take the sector to higher level from where Distinguished Senator Oduah left it few years back.

Anayo Ekeanya (MBA, BSc, DAIT) writes from Abuja.

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