{"id":174261,"date":"2025-08-14T14:36:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:39:45","slug":"kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports","title":{"rendered":"Kwam 1 Ambassadorship Will Encourage Misconduct at Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former member of the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has criticised the Federal Government\u2019s decision to engage Fuji musician Wasiu Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1, as an ambassador for airport security protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Bagos, who spoke as a guest on Channels Television\u2019s breakfast programme The Morning Brief on Thursday, warned that the move could set an unpleasant precedent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all the drama, now he is an ambassador, meaning everybody will start moving with the flask, doing drama to become an ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter the explanation, the perception of Nigerians is that it is entirely wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bagos also criticised the consideration of an Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson, as an ambassador despite her aggressive action at a Lagos airport, warning that it could encourage similar unruly behaviour on aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Bagos further stressed the need for increased passenger sensitisation and a review of airport security procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Federal Government had on Wednesday announced the engagement of Kwam 1 as an ambassador for airport security protocol following his controversial actions at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on August 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The move drew criticism from Nigerians, particularly in light of the Comfort Emmanson incident, in which the passenger was accused of assaulting a flight attendant and confronting security agents on a Lagos-bound Ibom Air flight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A former member of the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has criticised the Federal Government\u2019s decision to engage Fuji musician Wasiu Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1, as an ambassador for airport security protocols. Bagos, who spoke as a guest on Channels Television\u2019s breakfast programme The Morning Brief on Thursday, warned that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":174260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[10934,18354,254],"class_list":["post-174261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-dachung-bagos","tag-kwam-1","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kwam 1 Ambassadorship Will Encourage Misconduct at Airports - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former member of the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has criticised the Federal Government\u2019s decision to enga ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwam 1 Ambassadorship Will Encourage Misconduct at Airports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former member of the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has criticised the Federal Government\u2019s decision to enga ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T13:36:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T14:39:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755169932.784064.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwam 1 Ambassadorship Will Encourage Misconduct at Airports\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-14T13:36:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-14T14:39:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports\"},\"wordCount\":234,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755169932.784064.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Dachung Bagos\",\"kwam 1\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwam-1-ambassadorship-will-encourage-misconduct-at-airports\",\"name\":\"Kwam 1 Ambassadorship Will Encourage Misconduct at Airports - 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