Most of the quack staff in our aviationindustry were recruited by Fani Kayode who was proud to declare openly that he favoured yorubas and people from his town in appointments and recruitments during his tenure. Even though they were not experienced. Dusts wia raised when Stella Odua tried to retire some of those junkies, they started shouting "tribalism" yet the same hypocrits wana crucify her for an aviation tragedy not under her control. NCAA Director should be fired immediately before you start dreaming of aviation Minister.

Afam4eva: @Okija_juju and hercules07, Abeg make una go politics beer parlor go discuss una Canada parole.

My guy cool down, you want make cold kill pesin here? @Okija, I don enter one chance be that o. @Topic Minister o, NCAA o, NEMA o, NAMA o, all of them out.

... FG appointed the Person that is incharge of Air Safety in Nigeria..

- The SENATE approved his appointment..



Why do you want to now sack the Igbo woman for the Error of the "OTHER" man?!

Ngwakwe: Be principle for once, everything must not be about pleasing your political camp.

I wouldn't have boardered challenging your position if I sensed any reasonable critique from you towards FFK and some of other APC/South West Government irresponsibility in Nairaland.

Moreover, you lack the authority to apportion blame without proper knowledge of the working organisational structures in Aviation Minister.

If you read well the defence put forward by FFK after the exchange of words, FFK said he is not calling for her sack rather for improvement and implementation of whatever white paper that comes out this investigation.

keep playing the ethnic and politics card. When you're ready for a sensible debate without sentiments, let me know.

Stella Oduah is the best aviation minister ever.
Femi Faggy Kayode is the worst aviation minister ever.

berem: keep playing the ethnic and politics card. When you're ready for a sensible debate without sentiments, let me know.

eaglechild: Stella Oduah is the best aviation minister ever.
Femi Faggy Kayode is the worst aviation minister ever.

He's second from bottom to Borishade.

the same bigots and slowpokes @ NASS shud tell Nigerians without bias why a senator of the federal republic of Nigeria shud earn more than OBAMA, else they shud shut the Bleep and resign with immediate effect.
Its a known fact that d top had always been the problem in Nigeria yet, these bunch of clueless men with little or no shame were quick to call for someone's resignation when they havent done anytin so far to to beta the lives of dying Nigerians. If i may ask, whats holding the PIB bill till date? Useless bunch of selfish elements.

Jingo-OAU:
tHE QUESTION THAT ALWAYS COMES TO MIND IS THAT IS IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY TO APPPOINT A TECHNOCRAT AS THE MINISTER OF AVIATION?

How i wish a time is gonna come when Nigeria will have a pilot or aeronautic engineer as minister of aviation, then Nigeria can enter the dreamland of wonders where security and safety is the order of the day.

moderately, Stella Oduah has tried her best by elevating and reconstructing already decayed infrastructures in our airports. That aside, aviation watchword should be SAFETY AND SECURITY which is damn lacking upto this present moment.

I was innundated that our minister of aviation has arrogated to herself the power to issue license to airlines thereby, eroding the statutory functions of NCAA, acting as watchdog and independent organisation.....Is that suppose to be so?

Eziokwu? So a hunter is in charge of NCAA? A farmer calls the shots at NAMA? A vulcanizer is the head of FAAN? Are these not some of the key agencies that have the statutory responsibility of managing specific aspects of the aviation sector, while the ministry merely provides oversight and supervision?

In any case, the succession of "professor doctors" that have been in charge of the Ministry of Health over the years, have they turned our hospitals to wonder lands? Have the succession of "erudite" professors that served as ministers of education over the years transformed the education sector to paradise?

All over the world, ministers are often political appointees who serve as generalists rather than specialists. For instance, what background did Hillary Clinton have in diplomacy and international relations that qualified her for appointment as Secretary of State? What about Condi Rice? Did she have a background in intelligence or security matters to qualify her for appointment as NSA during Bush Jnr's first term in office?

Let us leave Stella alone, and focus on what is important. Our attention should focus squarely on FOLA AKIN, the SPECIALIST in charge of NCAA, whose responsibility it is to ensure the safety of airlines operating in Nigeria. I know some nincompoops here would prefer to leave him out of the discourse because his name appeals to their tribal and parochial sensibilities.

If they are not demanding for the sack of Okonjo Iweala, it will be dat of Ihejirika, next is Madueke, they av started attacking Stella Odua, yet they are blind when it comes to hausas or their people. The IG recently promoted some ranks to DIG and AIG and 98% of them are hausas no igbo among the promoted, yet there was no outcry bc he is not igbo whereas the immigration woman was sacked for something similar to this. I dont know why these our noisy neighbours across the niger are becoming a torn in d flesh for igbos? Ajo afo!

Chima_Adeoye: [size=15pt]All these useless Yoruba/ APC bigots.

In all of Nigeria's history even when Ministers like Fani Kayode licensed planes for their girlfriends to fly airline businesses, when was an Aviation Minister ever asked to resign because of an aircrash? But because Madam Stella Oduah is Igbo, now she must resign,even when NCAA and not the minister is responsible for licensing planes.

If they are not doing their campaign of calumny against Dr. Okonjo Iweala,it will be against Diezani K. Alison-Madueke or Stella Otti.

Why not ask Omobola Johnson, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade, Mrs. Olajumoke Akinjide, Akinwumi Adeshina and Olusegun Aganga to resign for their lacklustre performance in government?

Anyhow, like Okonjo Iweala told them recently " I serve at the pleasure of the President who appointed me and who shall relieve me of the appointment when my performance falls below his expectation" Simply put, SORRY, I WILL NOT RESIGN FOR SHAMELESS TRIBALISTS AND BIGOTS![/size]

I completely concur with your analysis. Nigeria is a place where we like to intimidate women and God save them if they are Igbo women who cannot be protected under the cover of Islam. Some of the women you mentioned as Mrs. Omobola Johnson and Mrs. Olajumoke Akinjide are so docile in GEJ cabinet that i have never heard their names. But of course, their brother bigots will not ask for their resignation for docility.

USA has the strictest and safest aviation standard in the world. Infact,before American registered planes and airlines can fly directly to any airport in the world or another country's airlines such as Nigeria's ARIK can fly into the USA,they have to be meticulously scrutinized and certified by a panel of aviation experts from America.When planes from these US certified airlines crash,it is documented in the US aviation authorities to determine if that airline should lose its certification to fly into the USA. But have all these scrutiny completely stopped planes from crashing in America? Hell NO! Of course it helped reduce the number of such incidents.

Within the period Princess Oduah have been Minister,less aircrashes have occured than when Fani Kayode or even Olusegun Agagu himself were aviation Ministers in this same Nigeria! The NCAA is the agency that over see the day to day safety of all the airplanes that fly in Nigeria and should recommend the withdrawal of the license of any airline that does not meet their criteria.The NCAA Boss should be fired by the Minister for apparently allowing the Agagu family to charter a plane which was said to be on test flight!

Just a quick look at the crashes recorded by American REGISTERED AIRLINES which have crashed either inside the USA or on trip outside the USA and you will understand that inspite of the best efforts by human beings, only God can truly save any machine from mal-functioning. Those crashes have not deterred our useless senators from flying to America daily and boarding flight there jumping from city to city!

[b]2009
January 15 – US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 ditches in the Hudson River just after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City after total engine failure due to multiple bird strikes, no fatalities

February 12 – Colgan Air Flight 3407, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, flying from Newark Liberty International in New Jersey to Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York crashes into a house in Clarence, New York at 10:17 pm local time; all 49 aboard the plane are killed, with one fatality on the ground.

February 25 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, a Boeing 737–800, flying from Atatürk Airport in Istanbul to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam crashes in a field during final approach; of the 127 passengers and 7 crew on board, 9 are killed, 85 injured

March 12 – Cougar Helicopters Flight 91, a Sikorsky S-92, ditches in the Atlantic 34 miles (55 km) east-southeast of Newfoundland due to a main gearbox failure, killing 17 of 18 on board.

March 20 – Emirates Flight 407, an Airbus A340-500 flying from Melbourne Tullamarine Airport to Dubai International Airport has a tailstrike during take off and returns to Melbourne Airport with no fatalities.

March 23 – FedEx Express Flight 80, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo Narita International Airport, Japan; both the captain and the co-pilot of the plane are killed.

April 1 – 2009 Bond Helicopters Eurocopter AS332 crash: Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N, a Eurocopter AS332, crashes 35 miles (56 km) off the Aberdeenshire coast while returning from the Miller oilfield, killing all 16 on board; the cause is a catastrophic failure of the main rotor gearbox.

April 19 – CanJet Flight 918 is seized on the ground by an armed man who slipped through security checks at Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, Jamaica; all passengers are released early on; six crew members are kept as hostages for several hours before being freed unharmed

June 1 – Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-200 flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, crashes in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 occupants, including 12 crew; bodies and aircraft debris are not recovered until several days later; the aircraft itself is not found until 2011. The crash is the first fatal accident of the A330 and the worst-ever disaster involving the A330

July 13 – Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, a Boeing 737–300 from Nashville to Baltimore makes an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia after a 14x17 inch hole opens in the skin of the fuselage at 34,000 feet (10,000 m), causing a loss of cabin pressure; the plane lands safely with no injuries.

August 4 – Bangkok Airways Flight 266, an ATR 72–200 carrying 68 passengers crashes in severe weather on landing at Samui airport in the resort island of Ko Samui in Thailand, resulting in at least 1 confirmed death and 37 injuries.

August 11 – Airlines PNG Flight 4684, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter carrying 11 passengers and 2 crew crashes into a mountain at Isurava, Papua New Guinea whilst attempting a go around at Kokoda Airport, Papua New Guinea; all passengers and crew perished in the accident.

September 9 – Aeroméxico Flight 576, a Boeing 737–800 with 104 passengers on board, is hijacked whilst flying from Cancún to Mexico City; after landing at Mexico City International Airport, Mexican officials storm the plane and take 5 men into custody; there are no casualties.

October 21 – Azza Transport Flight 2241, a Boeing 707-330C, crashes on take off from Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates; all 6 crew members are killed.

October 22 – Divi Divi Air Flight 014, a Britten-Norman Islander, with 10 on board, ditches in the Caribbean Sea off Bonaire due to engine failure, killing the pilot.

December 22 – American Airlines Flight 331, a Boeing 737–800 from Miami International Airport overruns the runway at Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica; there are 40 injuries and no fatalities.

December 25 – Northwest Airlines Flight 253, an Airbus A330-300 is attacked by a man using a small explosive device, causing only a small fire inside the plane, which is extinguished by a flight attendant; the man is subdued by passengers and crew; there are 3 injuries.

2010
January 25 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, a Boeing 737–800, crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport; the flight was heading to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa; all 90 people on board perish.

April 13 – AeroUnion Flight 302, an Airbus A300B4F XA-TUE, crashed on a missed approach from Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, for Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. All five crew members were killed, as well as one person on the ground.

May 22 – Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737–800, crashes at Mangalore International Airport after overshooting the runway with 160 passengers and 6 crew members on board. A total of 158 people are killed with just 8 survivors; this is the worst ever crash involving the 737–800

July 27 – Lufthansa Cargo Flight 8460, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter, catches fire and breaks in half as it lands at King Khalid International Airport, injuring the German pilot and co-pilot

July 28 – Airblue Flight 202, an Airbus A321, crashes into a hill in the Margalla Hills north-east of Islamabad apparently due to bad weather resulting in 146 passengers and 6 crew members perished. It is the first fatal accident involving an Airbus A321 and Pakistan's worst air disaster.

September 3 – UPS Airlines Flight 6, a Boeing 747–400, crashes at a military base shortly after take-off from Dubai International Airport, killing both of the two crew.

November 4 – Aero Caribbean Flight 883, an ATR-72-200, crashes in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, killing all 68 on board in the joint worst ever accident involving the ATR 72.

November 4 – Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380 "Nancy-Bird Walton" VH-OQA, suffered a substantial mechanical failure of its left inboard engine after taking off from Singapore Changi Airport. The flight turned back and landed safely. All the 433 passengers and 26 crew on board were safe. Cowling parts of the failed engine fell over Batam island



2011
April 1 – Southwest Airlines Flight 812, a Boeing 737, ruptures a hole in the fuselage at 36,000 feet, causing the cabin to lose pressure shortly after takeoff from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The plane lands safely at Yuma International Airport, Arizona with 116 people aboard uninjured and two with minor injuries

July 28 – Asiana Airlines Flight 991, a Boeing 747-400F, crashes into the Pacific Ocean, 112 kilometers (70 mi) west of Jeju Island, South Korea, killing the two crew.

July 30 – Caribbean Airlines Flight 523, a Boeing 737–800, overruns the runway on landing at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Georgetown, Guyana and breaks in two; several are injured but all 163 passengers and crew survive

2012
April 2 – UTair Flight 120, an ATR-72, crashes shortly after take-off from Tyumen, Russia, killing 31 of the 43 passengers and crew on board.

December 29 – Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268, a Tupolev Tu-204 on a repositioning flight, overruns the runway on landing at Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport, then breaks apart and catches on fire; 5 of the 8 crew on board are killed in the first fatal accident involving the Tu-204


2013.
April 29 – National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747 freighter carrying cargo, stalls and crashes shortly after takeoff from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, due to load shifting, killing all seven crew members on board.

July 6 – Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777, crashes short of the runway on landing at San Francisco International Airport, killing three of 307 on board and injuring 182. The crash is the first fatal accident involving the 777, the first fatal accident in the United States since 2009, and the first fatal accident in North America involving a major airline since 2001.

July 7 – A de Havilland Canada DHC-3 operated by Rediske Air crashes on approach to Soldotna Airport, Alaska, killing all 10 people on board.

August 14 – UPS Airlines Flight 1354, an Airbus A300, crashes short of the runway on approach to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing the two crew on board

Aug 21, 2013- A private propeller-driven plane plunged into a working-class suburban neighborhood near Tweed New Haven Airport, Connecticut killing 6 people.

Sep 27, 2013 - A United Airlines pilot who had a heart attack mid-flight managed to land plane in Idaho and dies on the way to hospital.[/b]

..lol at clowns and hypocrites screaming she should resign!...yeah right she should resign,but so should every single government officials cos they are all pathetic failures!...infact the greedy ,comatose NASS members should lead the way by tendering their resignations this minute...resignation my left foot!

Stella was called bigot and accused of nepotism when she reshuffled the aviation ministry by removing 8 directors.

https://www.nairaland.com/1081803/aviation-storm-over-ethnic-agenda

Now they want her to go because Agagu's plane crashed.

We really need to re examine our thinking processes.

We really do not need to tribalize this issue. We've had too many fatal mishaps during Stella's term and instead of hearing sober pronouncements and her comprehensive plan for improving air transportation safety, we hear unapologetic comments from her.

I think the President needs to do the right thing and replace her.

Okija_juju:


This no be matter wey them dey discuss for open forum..

You know say Ndi FBI and CIA have signed MOU with Monitoring Spirits from hell.. Make I no use my hand spoil my soup.

All I will say is that alot of Nigerians and PR's are doing it!

No be only you know wetin dey happen me sef I sabi wetin dey ground even the CIC eyes too don open make you just thread softly.

Afam4eva:
Impeachment can come if the president has violated the laid down rules as stipulated in the constitution or has performed below par and the aviation ministry is under his purview. So, if you blame the Aviation minister, why not the president? Why Odua and not the NCAA boss? The NCAA was created for a particular purpose which makes it not directly under the Aviation ministry.

Oga, what are the President's impeachable offenses in this case? I sense Igboman trickry in your dialogue.

I'm principled with certain virtues (humanity, neutrality, impartiality, forgiveness, equality and independence) and take much time before apportioning blames. I hardly form opinion with developing stories.

I am different.

berem: keep playing the ethnic and politics card. When you're ready for a sensible debate without sentiments, let me know.

ndu_chucks:
Oga, what are the President's impeachable offenses in this case? I sense Igboman trickry in your dialogue.

What are the minister's sackable offense in this case?

i read some comments here and i cry for my country. How can some people play the tribal card when it comes to the lives of people. Are people just mad or playing madness. such callousness.
I lost a friend in the dana crash, his name was Obinna Ak, went to secondary school and university together. He was igbo. Do you think his family cares about the tribe of the minister when she makes statements about the inevitability of the crash.

Be sensitive for once.

DAMMMMMMMMN. The situation in this country makes me think we have animals in human skin.

Me thinks Ike Ekweremadu should Resign from the Senate. He has been there for too long. Supervising and co-operating with the failed regimes OBJ, Yaradua. and Now corrupting the efforts of the GEJ!

bakynes:

Mr Aviation tell us what u know. For your information 2 of my friends are Pilots and they blame the NCAA officials.what did she do about it when a cargo plane crashed in Ghana and the Dana air as well.Stella Oduah has no business in the Aviation sector in the first place its nt her line.

mr man, u don't know me... u have just 2 pilot frnds, but I graduated from NCAT zaria and know over 50 on both fixed and rotary operations.

wat do u want stella to do about a crash @ Ghana that has its own GCAA? should she have died cos ppl died on dana? I lost frnds on that crash. most of my other frnds became jobless.
we as citizens don't know the calls made within n outside the aviation ministry in the event of the dana crash dat later called for the sack of the past DG of the NCAA, demuren.

please go back to re-read my posts on this thread.

She should be replaced by another Igbo woman or stay.

Ngwakwe: Stop this unbiased claim, my foot. Every statement in Nairaland has its tribal angles and so is the National Assembly.

The question should be if protocols were breached by who and from whose office then to the top.

Did Stella Odua change the Safety guidelines put in place by her predecessors, whose function is it to implement and enforce those guidelines, did somebody in NCAA sidelined safety regulations to favour AA etc?

Without through investigation on what happened and who and who neglected their duties. All these blames and counter blames are political as well as tribal-istic

1. The over 200 deaths under her watch were Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba and everybody else s and God forbid another plane crash under her watch, it's still going to be a mixture of Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba. Plane crash has no respect for tribe, we all die together so your tribal fixation is just another crude, crass and daft utterances we get exposed to on NL.

2. Regardless of your bogus NCAA excuse, it's still irrelevant because NCAA is under her command and she's still directly responsible for their actions.

3. Like one of the senators said, people resign right away in sane places investigation or no investigation, but not in Nigeria because everything is a do or die proposition with zero consideration for our lives..

4. What's the investigation going to show? That she did her job because she made sure the plane was fit to fly and the plane crashed really because it was an Act Of God? Is this what the investigation is going to show?

Sec5: Calling for her resignition is not the best thing to do now.She should be encouraged to focus on safety now she has achieved a feat in aesthetics.Reason being that majority of ex-aviation ministers neither made any impact on infrastructural upgrading of the airports nor guaranteed air safety.Now that we have someone who is able to perform in one aspect as attested to by the senators,let us encourage her to fix the safety issues

Pls Tell us the best Mr. Know All? Are you trying and error with people's life that have no duplicate. Sack her and appoint a competent person.[b][/b]

Some folks will just pick dir fone and start typing nonsense because of dir tribal inclination...
How on earth will a plane mishap be blamed on God and u want nigerians to keep quiet? What is the no 1 priority of MR president himself if not the protection of lives and property of the populace.
What is the major reason why she is occupying that position if not to ensure safety and modalities in the aviation sector. If according to the senate..about 7 aviation accident (some avoided) had been recorded under two yrs then I don't think she has any idea on how to move the tide forward..


AIR MISHAP IS NOT A NATURAL DISASTER. IT IS HUMAN. IT IS COWARDICE TO BLAME AVOIDABLE PROBLEMS ON GOD. IT IS A SHAME !!!

Afam4eva:
What are the minister's sackable offense in this case?

The worst 2 and a half years in Nigeria's aviation history shoud be enough to make a change in leadership of that ministry. It does not have to be a sack. She could resign gracefully or be reassigned by the President.

gregtochi: Stella was called bigot and accused of nepotism when she reshuffled the aviation ministry by removing 8 directors.

https://www.nairaland.com/1081803/aviation-storm-over-ethnic-agenda

Now they want her to go because Agagu's plane crashed.

We really need to re examine our thinking processes.

no they want her to go because she's clueless on how to overcome the problems in the ministry and would rather blame her incompetency on God.

rockbase360: Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu said, “In sane places when things happen people take responsibility and resign. Others commit suicide for the failure of their subordinates.”

. Na true na,

Ngwakwe: I'm principled with certain virtues (humanity, neutrality, impartiality, forgiveness, equality and independence) and take much time before apportioning blames. I hardly form opinion with developing stories.

I am different.

Maybe you need a little more of improvement in your attributes. Your ethnic and political affiliation is unbecoming of you when it comes to critical issues. Try to make reasonable points and put sentiments aside.

Daalu!