After Rescheduling Flight 4 Times, Azman Airline Staff Flee Duty Post, Leave NASS Members Stranded At Kano [PHOTOS]

Staff of Azman Airline on Wednesday abandoned their duty post, leaving members of the House of Representatives in the National Assembly stranded at the Kano International Airport for several hours after their flight was rescheduled for four times.

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

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

Speaking to newsmen on the matter, the Reps Spokesman, Hon. Benjamin Kalu expressed worry that airline operators especially Azman Airlines 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 stranded 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.

He said, “We just came out to see the manager, and other members are 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; Hon. Rotimi Agunsoye, Hon. Henry Archibong, Hon. Gboluga Tinboju, among others

He said “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. Some of the citizens abandoned here.

“We are raising this call for common Nigerians, sometimes when citizens bring their complaints it appears as if they fabricated it.

“But this one we are involved and we are seeing this for ourselves,” the House spokesman noted.

According to him, the lawmakers after leaving the airport for the airline’s office did not see any of the officials that could 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.