Dana Air crash: Tinubu calls for reforms in aviation sector

Tinubu

Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on the Federal Government to spare no effort in getting to the root cause of Sunday’s Dana Air-line crash which claimed many lives. His words: “The only way Nigerians can be spared further heart wrenching aircraft disasters is for the government to get to the root cause of the problem. As we come out of the three-day national mourning, the agonies and pains of those that lost loved ones continue. Nigeria also continues to suffer a hemorrhage both in terms of lives lost and national reputation and economic attraction ruptured.
“The only way to check similar mishaps is for the government to carry out a thorough investigation into the Dana crash and immediately make public all the previous panel reports on similar air disasters. The government must, of necessity, tighten regulations and ensure standards, revalidate the operational licens-es and aircraft worthiness of all operating aircraft and enforce compliance in all aspects of air operations.”
Tinubu noted that Nigeria has had five deadly disasters in the past decade, and called on the govern-ment to sanitise the avia-tion sector for safety.
“Let me warn that we cannot afford to sleep at the switch this time. To go to sleep after a few weeks and return to our normal lives will be most tragic. The present government must put on the front burner the issue of sanitising our aviation system by ensuring that aircraft are in good shape. Also, we cannot af-ford to misplace our priorities in this matter.