Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), By Muhammad Abdullahi Sani. Kano, is perhaps the only airport where more than ten staff members will ‘check’ your passport and other documents when travelling. An official sometimes checks the same docs twice! This gives room for some of them to beg travellers. Honestly, this is tiring and embarrassing or even worse. In most other airports, only the border police and the airline crew check your passport.When I am at MAKIA, I turn the clock to the pre-technology era. Hence, I calmed myself down when a staff shouted at me in 2020, days before the declaration of Covid-19 as a pandemic. He lectured me on arriving at the airport on time to avoid missing my flight. I even added, “thank you”.The above may sound petty to some people or abstract to others, especially those who don’t travel frequently. Nevertheless, it bothers me pretty much. I always believe we can and should do better. We should normalise adopting the good we see in others. Thus, the authority at MAKIA should reduce this redundancy, sham and shameful acts. Best wishes.