A. A. Muhammad
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@mak_abba
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🌍 "Why don't you start one?" In four words, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu turned a moderator's question into a continental challenge from the main stage of the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali. 🛒 The question on the table was simple. Why does Africa, with all its commodity wealth spread asymmetrically across borders, still lack a continental exchange platform where producers and buyers can trade with one another rather than routing every transaction through external markets? Tinubu's answer turned the question back on the room. The continent's two largest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, have the scale, the volumes, the capital markets infrastructure and the political weight to launch precisely that platform. The case for waiting is increasingly difficult to defend. 📊 The numbers behind the provocation matter. Nigeria's non-oil exports to African markets grew 38% year-on-year in 2024. Intra-African trade is projected to climb from 15% in 2023 to 25% by 2030 under the AfCFTA framework. Cargo clearance times at major Nigerian seaports have already dropped by roughly 30% since 2023. The architecture for deeper intra-continental trade is being built piece by piece, but a continental commodity exchange would mark a qualitative leap, moving Africa from price-taker to price-setter on its own resources. 🤝 The deeper message is one of leadership by example. For years, the integration debate has been carried by communiqués and frameworks. Tinubu's challenge cuts through that. The two giants of the continent should stop debating who should move first and instead move together. That is what pan-African capitalism looks like when it stops being a slogan, African producers trading African commodities on African platforms, settled in African currencies. 🇷🇼 The question Kigali is putting on the agenda this week is no longer whether the AfCFTA will be implemented. It is who will dare to build its missing institutions. #ACF2026 #AfricaCEOForum
who taught lil bro an elbow money spread 😭
What I go through often: A flight is disrupted. Airline staff disappear for fear of violence from passengers. I am alerted and my team and I rush to the airport to stand amidst hundreds of angry passengers. Even though I am not a staff of the airline and I did not cause the disruption, I receive threats of beating😢😢. Still, we must deploy professionalism and firmness to resolve these issues, calm frayed nerves, and protect the rights of all parties. This Saudi Air case tested my patience even more than the United Nigeria case because it involved more passengers (almost 400), and their anger levels were off the roof. It is one of the cases I was very proud to have handled, and till date, some of the passengers still send me texts to appreciate what my team and I did. Working consumer protection has improved one's mental and psychological awareness, manifested one's in-built empathy, and tested the limits of my endurance. As stressful as it is, it is an absolute pleasure and honour to do this. Humans deserve care and respect. The NCAA cares for, and protects the rights of all passengers and operators. PS: Do not ever threaten to beat up an NCAA official. It is unacceptable.
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PLEASE NIGERIANS, HELP MY BROTHER 😭😭 Help me tag @mikeachimugu01 🙏 My brother is going through a very serious situation right now. He returned to Nigeria from China today, May 11th, 2026, aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight. After landing early this morning, he discovered that only ONE out of his FOUR bags arrived. He immediately reported the issue to airline officials, filled out the necessary forms, and was told the remaining bags would arrive later in the afternoon. When he returned to the airport this afternoon to collect them, he discovered that one of the bags had been vandalized and five phones were missing from inside — including Google Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL devices 😭💔 He went to the airline’s office in Abuja to report the theft, but they only asked him to send an email. Out of frustration and shock, he raised his voice at the airport, and people around him reportedly said incidents like this have happened before and that he is not the first victim 😭😭 The most painful part is that the phones do NOT belong to him. 🙏😭 Please Nigerians, help us amplify this until something is done.
It is in your best interest to declare valuables. If you do, the airline MUST compensate you in the event of a loss.
The team is being trained. Training is a continuum, and the DGCA has ensured that the team does not lack required trainings and incentives. As it stands, I am just the face of it. The complaints are resolved by the team, not just me. In fact, they do most of the resolutions. Cases are resolved even without my input.
