{"id":126471,"date":"2023-12-02T11:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/02\/ethiopian-airlines-bans-ghana-must-go-bags\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:12:22","slug":"ethiopian-airlines-bans-ghana-must-go-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/02\/ethiopian-airlines-bans-ghana-must-go-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Airlines Bans \u2018Ghana-Must-Go\u2019 Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-145517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ghanamustgo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"248\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Ethiopian Airlines has banned passengers from using \u2018Ghana-must-go\u2019 sacks on any of its flights from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Henok Gizachew, the airline\u2019s Manager of Airport Services disclosed this via a letter addressed to the regional manager of the Federal Airports Authority Of Nigeria (FAAN).<\/p>\n<p>The statement for passengers travelling through the country\u2019s international airports read: \u201cPlease be informed that effective November 25, 2023, the usage of Ghana Must Go to travel on our flight is hereby prohibited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of Ghana Must Go as a means of packing baggage has cost the airlines huge loss and also damaging the conveyor belt system, not only on out flight but also on other foreign airlines, hence the prohibition,\u201d the letter dated November 24 stated.<\/p>\n<p>However, the airline offered a reprieve for users of the bag to continue to use them to package their luggage on the condition that they must be well packed in cartons of a hardcover of rectangular size.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: \u2018Femi Adesina Did A Good Job Defending Buhari, Don\u2019t Blame Him\u2019 \u2013 Osoba To Nigerians<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana-must-go bags are popular sac-like load carriers in Nigeria that come in different sizes and colours and are preferred by many owing to their durability and affordability.<\/p>\n<p>It became quite popular during the 1983 Ghana-Must-Go saga under the then President of Nigeria,Shehu Shagari.<\/p>\n<p>Information Nigeria understands that in 2017, Dubai introduced a similar rule.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Angizeh, vice-president of terminal operations at Dubai International, had said the Ghana-must-go bags, which would subsequently be regarded as \u201cnon-compliant baggage\u201d, could disrupt the advanced baggage systems that would be introduced.<\/p>\n<p>The new rule, he said, would reduce the risk of baggage mishandling at check-in counters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian Airlines has banned passengers from using \u2018Ghana-must-go\u2019 sacks on any of its flights from Nigeria. 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The statement for passengers travelling through the country\u2019s international airports read: \u201cPlease be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ethiopian Airlines Bans \u2018Ghana-Must-Go\u2019 Bags - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/02\/ethiopian-airlines-bans-ghana-must-go-bags\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ethiopian Airlines Bans \u2018Ghana-Must-Go\u2019 Bags - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ethiopian Airlines has banned passengers from using \u2018Ghana-must-go\u2019 sacks on any of its flights from Nigeria. 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