Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria has outlawed the infamously nicknamed “Ghana Must Go” luggages from their flights.
The luggage was infamously given the name tag by Nigerians in the 1980s, when hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, were expelled.
A lot of these illegal migrants had been Ghanaian nationals. These migrants had fled Nigeria with the red-and-blue checked bags on their backs.
However, the airline had declared that these infamous carriers, a favourite of traders, could grievously affect airport equipment.
A statement the Ethiopia Airlines had released had said that the ban was instituted because of the recurrent occurrence of wreckages.
The statement read:
“The frequent occurrence of damages to the conveyor belts at various airports has incurred significant costs by the airlines involved.”
“An exception can be made if these bags were adequately packed in a carton or hardcover rectangular container.”
Ethiopia Airlines works several domestic and regional routes out of Lagos, Nigeria’s foremost commercial city.
These bags are also, very popular across Africa, in the rest of the world, and can be seen in several airports.
In 2017, KLM and Air France, imposed a ban because they felt the bags could unravel and jam the baggage delivery systems.
