"Richard Branson : We will not consider doing business in Nigeria again

Richard Branson the chairman of Virgin Atlantic alluded to a number of issue bordering on doing business in Nigeria:

“…we have virgin’s ill-fated footsteps by setting up a new airline in Africa in conjunction with Nigerian government…the details of the doomed attempts to crack the Nigerian market in the 2000s is better imagined…we put …together a very good airline-the first airline in West Africa that was ever IOSA/IATA operational safety audit accredited but unfortunately it got tied down to the politics of the country…we led the airlines for 11years…we fought daily battle against government agents who wanted to daily make fortune from us, politicians who saw the government 49% as a meal to seek for all kinds of favour…watchdogs(regulatory body) that didn’t know what to do and persistently asking for bribes at any point…Nigerian people are generally nice but the politicians are very insane…that may be irony because the people make up the politicians…but those politicians are selfish…we did make N3billion for the federal government of Nigeria during the joint venture…realising that the government didn’t bring nothing to the table/partnership except dubious debts by the previous carrier, Nigeria Airways…The joint venture should have been the biggest African carrier by now if the partnership was allowed to grow, but the politicians KILLED it…Nigeria is a country we SHALL NEVER consider to doing business again..’

 Richard Branson says

"Nigerian people are generally nice but the politicians are very insane…that may be irony because the people make up the politicians…but those politicians are selfish"

Ok, people do you hear that? we make up the politicians ! our politicians are not from a dynasty they are US....Nigerians!

We say we want change ? WE NEED TO CHANGE FIRST.....So we can produce the right type of leaders.
 
Greed, corruption and selfishness...are being portrayed as inherent characteristics of our people. Lets not get angry at criticism, after all its an observation. This type of criticism SHOULD be taken seriously and dealt with for the sake of our nation .