NIGERIAN POLITICIANS ARE TOO CORRUPT AND INSANE – RICHARD BRANSON

International businessman with billions of dollars to his
name, Richard Branson, has lambasted the crop of
leaders we have in Nigeria for their high level greed
which, according to him, is killing big brands wishing to
do business with the government of the country, for the
growth of Nigeria's economy.
Below is the revelations by Mr. Branson on his experience in
Nigeria…
The chairman of Virgin Atlantic said: "…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 11 years…
"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…Nigeria
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..