The situation at Nigeria's airports has always given cause for concern. To give just two examples: the mass of outdated navigational equipment; and regular power outages that ground air-conditioning systems, baggage handling mechanism and security systems. How such a situation manages to persist is baffling, but one major clue emerges when one considers that two former Ministers of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, and Babalola Borishade, are currently on trial for allegedly misappropriating billions of naira meant for the upgrade of airports across the country.