Tinubu visits crash survivors




ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU, THE APC NATIONAL LEADER VISITS PLANE CRASH SURVIVORS @ LASUTH

Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday visited the survivors of the Associated Aviation crash at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), where they are being treated.
The aircraft which was conveying the body of the former Ondo State governor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu and some others to Akure crashed on Thursday after taking off in Lagos.

Shortly after landing at the Murtal Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) visited the victims. He was accompanied by his wife Senator Oluremi, the interim spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji and other party stalwarts. The former Lagos governor spent some time at the ward.
He described the death of the former Ondo State governor as a great loss to the country, describing Agagu as a good man he will miss despite their partisan differences.

He said Nigerians should give thanks to God for sparing the lives of Agagu’s son: Feyi and the son in law in the crash, affirming that government needs to fix the corruption and rot in the aviation sector.
Speaking in an interview on arrival at the airport, he described the crash as a national disaster, and called on the Federal Government to urgently overhaul the aviation sector.

He said until professionals are put in place to oversee the industry, the country may not meet the global standard of aviation it desires.
Rather than put the right personnel and equipment in place including a world standard runway, government he said has used the aviation sector to victimise perceived political enemies , whose aircraft are either grounded or recalled mid air.
He cited examples of the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Asiwaju said “Agagu was a committed family man. Tunji (Okusanya) was a close friend of every one of us. But God has done one thing, has shown us His wonders. In the midst of all of these, Feyi Agagu survived, his brother in law survived.
“He has given room for us to give thanks to God.

Nigeria’s aviation sector is a risk, we have never allowed professionals to run the Aviation industry, and we created too much bureaucracy. Where are the professionals, where are the engineers? What is the age of the plane and the records of maintenance? But when they have already compromised the office, they waste our valuable lives and time.”
He lamented that corruption has crippled the system, as according to him, “We have to remove corruption that is a cancer in our society. We have to remove ethnicity and clannishness in our society; it is a shame on our society.”

SLIDE waxie: Good for HiM.
But, so what?

All na politics

femi4: Political statement, always looking for cheap political points

berem: I agree with Tinubu. Until professionals are put to run the affairs of the sectors of this country,we will still remain where we are.

moscobabs: but what makes it a News is there any different in Tinubu Visit and my Visit

fckyourman: Tinubu is the man.

Nonso23: Playing politics with everything. Typical nigerian do -or-die politician.
Look at how he is exposing his crass ignorance about the aviation industry and how it is run.

musiwa1l: because they are smarted than you.


you have to show respect for people and not be arrogant that you have stolen govt money.

it like saying that in this age and time. you want tinubu or fashola to be president. or that tinubu or fashola want to pick the governor of this lagos, it is possible. no... why because the young shall grow.

and all the sytle one generation knows have gone... have you people heard of the world RETIREMENT

the young shall grow... no more ekeli dili chukwu


it is now possible to shut down the whole of the nigeria airforce. no fly zone


watch video,




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZxr3x0hX-E

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has listed Nigeria as one of African 14 countries that has achieved effective air safety implementation, scoring above the global average of 61 per cent.

This rating is contained in this year’s ICAO Safety Report, compiled by organisation’s auditors who investigated the compliance with stipulated International safety standards by individual countries across the world.

ICAO , the global aviation regulator, consists of 200 countries.

The Coordinating spokesman of aviation parastatals, Yakubu Dati, said the ICAO 2013 Safety Report lends credence to the Category One certification granted Nigeria in 2011 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States, for meeting stipulated international standards and practices on safety and security.

Dati explained that it signals the success of the Aviation Master Plan developed by the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah.

He said: “The vision is to make Nigerian aviation sector a world-class provider of safe, secure and comfortable air transport sector that is self sustaining and pivotal to socio-economic growth.”

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is sending 96 staff for training is part of on-going efforts to beef up capacity and manpower requirement preparatory to the imminent take-off of the Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) automation in November,

NAMA’s Managing Director, Mazi Nnamdi Udoh, said they will be trained in Basic Aeronautical Information Course at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology ( NCAT), Zaria, adding that for effective deployment of logistics, the group shall run the course concurrently in four batches.

Udoh enjoined them to justify the agency’s huge investment in their training by taking their studies seriously.

ICAO has set November 15th 2013 as deadline for the implementation of AIS automation worldwide and the project have reached advanced stage of completion.

AIS automation when in operation, would enhance air safety with pilots sending their aeronautical messages on-line and this would reduce excessive telephone conversation between pilots and air traffic controllers.

akpur1: Tinubu who hates development what did he use lagos money to do during his term instead he was looting to his foreign acct while he was in office. He is an ANIMAL IN HUMAN SKIN all of dem plus BuHari ANIMAL WEAR AGBADA. Please its not avaition fault it dana airline

Ola Johnson: Where are those Igbo people that commend Stella Oduah, the Minister of Aviation, and even call for the re-election of GEJ because of the renovation of some airports, the one in Enugu, especially? Success in the aviation sector goes beyond beautifying airports or using the Minister to attack perceived enemies.
Does it surprise anybody that no foreign owned plane has crashed in Nigeria?

Ola Johnson: Where are those Igbo people that commend Stella Oduah, the Minister of Aviation, and even call for the re-election of GEJ because of the renovation of some airports, the one in Enugu, especially? Success in the aviation sector goes beyond beautifying airports or using the Minister to attack perceived enemies.
Does it surprise anybody that no foreign owned plane has crashed in Nigeria?