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Strike: More Than 600 Nigeria-Bound Passengers Stranded In Addis Ababa
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Strike: More Than 600 Nigeria-Bound Passengers Stranded In Addis Ababa
Strike: More Than 600 Nigeria-Bound Passengers Stranded In Addis Ababa
Source: leadership.n
More than 600 passengers travelling to Nigeria from various destinations are now stranded in Addis Ababa following the cancellation of Ethiopian Airlines flights to Abuja and Lagos since Tuesday.
The correspondent in Addis Ababa reports that the cancellation of all flights to Nigeria was as a result of the ongoing nationwide strike against the removal of oil subsidy embarked by the NLC and the TUC.
Passengers were on transit to Nigeria through Addis Ababa from China, Dubai and India among other countries.
Those stranded include men, women and children back from business and medical trips as well as some Nigerian students studying abroad.
Some of the stranded passengers said at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa on Wednesday that they have been in Addis Ababa since Monday.
They expressed displeasure with the cancellation and many of them complained that they do not have money on them.
“We have been here since Monday, the airline is paying for our accommodation and feeding as provided by our contract with the airline, but we are tired of staying here’’, Mr Moses Aku, one of the passengers said.”
Sen. Hadi Sirika (CPC-Katsina), who was among the stranded passengers, said he was making efforts to re-route his flight and return to Nigeria as soon as possible.
They appealed to the Nigerian embassy to come to their aid as most of them have spent their money before departure.
Efforts to speak to Mrs Wogayehu Terefe, spokesman of Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa was abortive as she did not respond to calls and text messages sent to her.
However, an official of the airline said, the airline decided to cancel its flights to Nigeria because there were no handlers at the airports to attend to the aircraft on arrival.
The official said on Monday one of its aircraft that landed in Lagos was left unattended for more than seven hours because of the strike.
“It is not in our interest to keep the passengers here because it is economically unwise to keep hundreds of people for many days and taking care of their hotel bills and feeding,” the official, who pleaded anonymity, said.
Mr Bulus Lolo, Nigeria’s ambassador to Ethiopia said the embassy would assist the stranded Nigerians.
13 comments
Watch out! This has nothing to do with Ethiopia. This is about Nigeria and the people of Nigeria.
Put them on some of your refugee telts and gain from UN as usual
Meles and Azeb started killing children by starting from their own. These monsters should not deserve to be the leader of a country like Ethiopia.
I have been enjoying your responses and comments for a while. But lately either someone is using your name or you are acting like the Romans when in Italy. I mean what can you expect at Nazret.com the mouthpiece of the extreme diasporas! But no matter what, please stay cool brother! You can't let the few vulgars and liers pull you down to their level.
Like your master Melesse Zenawi you are a gmatam woyane who use dirty words in civilized discussion. Animal traitor. servants of Eritreans your days are numbered. Backwards.
Did you lost your mind? Does the news says anything about Arab spring or Prof. Al. saying anything? Read properly before criticizing or commenting.
You ass must be envying at your mouth because of the shit you are speaking
Well done EAL! Take care of Ethiopian property and your customers of course.
And some of you guys please stop the word arab spring because it won't apply to Ethiopia, We've seen what uprising brings, only a diffrent dictator, we better reform the one we have,
No more bloodshed in africa, No more pleasse, we don't even need red color at all . Thanks
Thanks, you're right. I should've known better. Looks like I've been carried away in some kind of emmotion.
Thanks again for the constructive criticism.
Kenya start to see the light
NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 16 Eritrea has been cleared of allegations that it was arming Al Shabaab militants in Somalia late last year.
A preliminary report by the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) concludes that the allegations were untrue.
The SEMG's preliminary assessment is that these reports were
incorrect and that the alleged deliveries to Baidoa probably did not take place,� part of the report states adding that �The monitoring
group also pursued its investigation into alleged arms deliveries by air to the Al Shabaab controlled airfields in southern Somalia in late
October and early November 2011.�
Kenya had accused Eritrea of delivering arms to the Al Qaeda-linked Islamists and reported the matter to the Security Council through the regional Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The SEMG report was compiled last month.
"HAQ BERAS SIQEBRUWAT BEGRUWA tWETALECH" Just want to make fun of the agamino's, AidsZemen and Balcha's amharic
But I love this tigrigna proverb to death LoL.....Viva Eritrea!!!!!
Peace on Earth!
You of all people here with massive comprehension deficiency want to translate the report to others? You kiddin', right? Do yourself a favour & quit embarrassing yourself.
@ Hermi
Who are you trying to fool? Addis Zemen has never been decent, never had clean vocabulary except when he is not challenged. As soon as people challenge his demented, moronic views, his geriatric brain resorts to his nauseating, low level "Tela Bet" fixture oriented vocabulary at a speed of light! That is why he gets blocked & he cries, moans about it like an old lady LMAO. As the saying goes "Ye Ayit Misikirwa ..."
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