passion007:
To start with, what you have in quotes up there is Orisun editor's understanding of what the Minister said. She said accidents are an act of God (a phrase that refers to the occurrence of accidents despite preparedness) or a force majeure as Sterling pointed out, not that an accident is God's will (which is different and sounds crazy).

@Sterling:
I can't argue with that.
Her logic is skewed, no doubt.
The sequence makes it appear so.
It sounds safer that FG attempts to avoid accidents at all costs, yet recognizes their influence may not be completely effective aka that acts of God could topple their plans

I had to address Tolexander who is keen on making her appear insensitive.

Finally, we don't even have any evidence this accident was due to human error, so let's wait for the results of the inquiry before doling out blame.

Tolexander:

Aviation Minister, Stella Odua, while addressing journalists regarding the withdrawal of Dana Airlines' operating license, described plane crashes as 'an act of God'.
“We do not pray for accidents but they are inevitable. But we will continue to do everything to ensure that we do not have accidents. But an accident is an act of God.

“Again, we do not speculate on the cause of accidents. Until they happen, you cannot say this is the cause or that is not the cause. But what is obvious and is the truth is that, in aviation, there are shared responsibilities, starting from the man that carries your luggage to the man that makes sure that your boarding pass is issued to you".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgJflD1nRXU&feature=player_embedded

Tolexander:

Aviation Minister, Stella Odua, while addressing journalists regarding the withdrawal of Dana Airlines' operating license, described plane crashes as 'an act of God'.
“We do not pray for accidents but they are inevitable. But we will continue to do everything to ensure that we do not have accidents. But an accident is an act of God.

“Again, we do not speculate on the cause of accidents. Until they happen, you cannot say this is the cause or that is not the cause. But what is obvious and is the truth is that, in aviation, there are shared responsibilities, starting from the man that carries your luggage to the man that makes sure that your boarding pass is issued to you".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgJflD1nRXU&feature=player_embedded

Burger01:

Abeg who made this mofo a minister?

Tolexander:

Aviation Minister, Stella Odua, while addressing journalists regarding the withdrawal of Dana Airlines' operating license, described plane crashes as 'an act of God'.
“We do not pray for accidents but they are inevitable. But we will continue to do everything to ensure that we do not have accidents. But an accident is an act of God.

“Again, we do not speculate on the cause of accidents. Until they happen, you cannot say this is the cause or that is not the cause. But what is obvious and is the truth is that, in aviation, there are shared responsibilities, starting from the man that carries your luggage to the man that makes sure that your boarding pass is issued to you".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgJflD1nRXU&feature=player_embedded

Tolexander:

Aviation Minister, Stella Odua, while addressing journalists regarding the withdrawal of Dana Airlines' operating license, described plane crashes as 'an act of God'.
“We do not pray for accidents but they are inevitable. But we will continue to do everything to ensure that we do not have accidents. But an accident is an act of God.

“Again, we do not speculate on the cause of accidents. Until they happen, you cannot say this is the cause or that is not the cause. But what is obvious and is the truth is that, in aviation, there are shared responsibilities, starting from the man that carries your luggage to the man that makes sure that your boarding pass is issued to you".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgJflD1nRXU&feature=player_embedded

Red-Light:
there we go again... put everything on God, & their inability to do the right thing

God love killing people in plane crashes and road accidents

Burger01: Inevitable Air Accident, right? Well, not for me in Jesus name. As inevitable as it is then you and your family must have a portion of this inevitable air accidents. Can't imagine this is coming from a minister of Aviation. She should be more concerned about how to build a strong aviation system in Nigeria and thereby reducing the inevitability of air accidents. Who doesn't know that death is inevitable but must air accidents be inevitable I see a level of low competency and professional misconduct from this low ebb minister. Abeg who made this mofo a minister. She should be a minister in her kitchen cabinet.

vanstanzy:

SMH! My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Jakumo: I suppose the Blame-God-Game does make sense in a demented sort of way, when you think about it. Putting myself in His shoes, and chilling up above the clouds in Heaven, I would also feel tempted to swat down the occasional passing airliner, just to protest the incessant noise they make up there. Its enough to drive a God crazy.

Amhappy: Do not use the name of the Lord your God in vain

passion007:
Ignorant people on this thread.
First, you should learn not to quote people out of context.
She clearly continued in the very next sentence:

She said notwithstanding this
reality, the Federal Government
would continue to ensure there
were no accidents.

Since you must be spoon-fed, let me explain it to you.
The Titanic, in its heyday, represented the best maritime technology could innovate, so much so that it's motto was "Not even God can sink it"
It capsized, eventually, as we know.

Kindly desist from painting Odua as insensitive.
More importantly, do not quote people out of context.

RIP to the victims of the accident once again.
.

Jakumo: True to form for Nigeria's fat, greedy and connected, this woman hopes to be offered cash bribes from officials of the airline running that crashed museum-piece of a passenger plane, so that blame for the "accident" can quickly be assigned to God, who may not be inclined to publicly refute those terrorist charges leveled at Him by the money-grubbing lady aviation minister.

A "High Powered" Panel of Enquiry will be set up at great expense by the enterprising minister, and the White Paper from that loot-sharing exercise will also blame God for all past and future air crashes. I suppose the Blame-God-Game does make sense in a demented sort of way, when you think about it. Putting myself in His shoes, and chilling up above the clouds in Heaven, I would also feel tempted to swat down the occasional passing airliner, just to protest the incessant noise they make up there. Its enough to drive a God crazy.

kbdrim: I wonder why God would always choose Nigeria for his experiments in spite of the fact that we are so religious. . ..in other climes what needs to be done gets done and nobody gets to point to God when disasters strike. When a plane crashes in Nigeria. .somebody just didn't do his work. .end of story..LEAVE GOD OUT OF THIS ACCIDENT BUSINESS