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Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of State for Transportation (Aviation), Hadi Sirika, to address the chamber in plenary on the recent near mishaps in Nigeria over reoccurring air mishap.
Senate’s decision to summon Minister was as a result of adoption of the motion sponsored by Senator Gbenga Ashafa who expressed dissatisfaction with the reoccurring Air mishap in Nigeria.
Leading a debate on the motion, Senator Ashafa said tha these recent occurrences might be a sign of a sequence of human errors, caused by the failure of officials and staff of the agencies saddled with the responsibility of guaranteeing safety to carry out their due diligence before issuing clearance for aircrafts to operate within the Nigerian airspace.
He said that the report by the Aviation Investigation Bureau (AIB) have shown that major reasons for for the loss of hundreds of lives in air crashes in Nigeria is as a result of avoidable human errors and dereliction of duty by public officials working in the aviation sector .
Other lawmakers who contributed to the motion called for thorough investigation into the matter in order to avert another Plane Crash in the country.
The lawmakers unanimously granted prayers of the motion, including to urge the Minister of State Aviation “to immediately direct all relevant agencies in the aviation industry to immediately conduct a maintenance and airworthiness audit on all commercial aircraft operating within the Nigerian airspace as well as the training of personnel operating within the industry.”
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In his lead debate motion, Ashafa said, “The Senate observes that on the 20th of February, 2018, the story of a near fatal incident involving Dana Airline with Number 9J0363 hit the news waves. It was reported that the aircraft overshot the runway upon landing at the Port Harcourt airport on a flight from Abuja. This incident was attributed to the wet surface of the runway.
“The Senate recalls that just a few weeks before the aforestated event, there was also panic on Wednesday, 7th of February, 2018, when the emergency door of an aircraft conveying passengers to Abuja fell, off upon landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
“The Senate is concerned that these recent occurrences might be a sign of a sequence of human errors, caused by the failure of officials and staff of the agencies saddled with the responsibility of guaranteeing safety to carry out their due diligence before issuing clearance for aircraft to operate within the Nigerian airspace.”
