by
Jacob Segun
Olatunji And Kolawole Daniel- AbujaThe House of Representatives, on Thursday, insisted that its
resolution on the crashed Dana aircraft at Iju-Ishaga, a Lagos suburb,
on June 3, 2012 must be implemented fully.
The Senate Committee on Aviation and its counterpart in the House had
launched a probe into the ill-fated Dana flight on a scheduled trip
from Abuja to Lagos, which killed over 160 passengers and crew members,
and recommended, among others, the sack of the Director-General, the
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr Harold Demuren, for
“professional negligence and incompetence.”
The probe report and recommendations adopted by the House last
December also demanded the revocation of Dana’s current Air Operating
Certificate (AOC), saying it was not issued in compliance with NCAA’s
Civil Regulations Guideline 2009.
The action was sequel to a motion sponsored by Honourable Ossai
Nicholas Ossai, entitled, “need to implement House resolutions on the
report of investigation on the crash of Dana and Allied Aircrafts.”
According to him, “upon the crash, the government had decisively
grounded the Dana Air to ease investigation and other administrative
actions,” stressing that “on 4 January, 2013, while the House was on
Christmas break and its resolutions yet to be implemented, the Minister
of Aviation vacated the grounding order by authorising Dana Air to
return to operation in flagrant disregard of the resolution directing
that ‘Dana current Airline Operator Certificate (AOC) should be revoked
because it was not issued in compliance with the Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA) Civil Regulation Guidelines 2009.”
To this end, House Speaker, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, directed the
House standing committee on Legislative Compliance to ensure full
implementation of the resolutions.
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