{"id":65550,"date":"2025-05-10T20:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T20:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65550"},"modified":"2025-05-10T20:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T20:39:14","slug":"ajadi-blasts-lagos-airport-over-rot-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/10\/ajadi-blasts-lagos-airport-over-rot-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajadi Blasts Lagos Airport Over Rot, Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ade Iyamoye<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party, has slammed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos as a disgrace and a symbol of national decay.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before boarding a flight to Singapore, the former governorship candidate described the state of the airport as appalling, citing broken air conditioning, suffocating heat, and disorganized service as clear signs of government neglect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is supposed to be our front door to the world. Instead, it feels like a warning to foreigners not to come in,\u201d Ajadi lamented. \u201cNo fans, no cooling system, poor passenger care\u2014this is shameful for a country seeking global respect and investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ajadi also condemned the loud, malfunctioning baggage carousel and the stalled travelator, describing the terminal as unsafe and unfit for use.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that such failings not only inconvenience travelers but erode Nigeria\u2019s global reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe airport reflects who we are. If this is the first thing visitors experience, what does it say about our country?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Calling for swift action, Ajadi urged President Tinubu, the aviation minister Festus Keyamo, and FAAN to urgently restore order, efficiency, and dignity to Nigeria\u2019s international airports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye &nbsp; Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party, has slammed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos as a disgrace and a symbol of national decay. Speaking before boarding a flight to Singapore, the former governorship candidate described the state of the airport as appalling, citing broken air [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":65551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65552,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65550\/revisions\/65552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}