dmalam:


http://dailytrust.info/index.php/top-stories/7222-senators-call-for-resignation-of-aviation-minister

kshowhanif:
broda & sister, who dey clamb plane? Na them them(minister, senetor, governor, president, commisioners etc). How many million people don die for road accident wey them go fit avat if them no chop the money for the road contract. i just pray say 1 day make ol of them clamb 1 plane, make the plane crash weda we go see chance drink water.

kettykin: Femi Fani Kayode was a minister of Aviation from Kayode 2006 to may 2007 for a meagre 6 months a short period under which the worst type of Nepotism was witnessed in Nigeria where the Aviation industry was flooded by people from ile ife in osun state who had no training or basics to work in the industry, under the same period a whopping sum of N19b was missing and mismanaged to the chagrin of nigerian Senate.
This period also was fraught with all manner of politics where 3 airlines had plane crashes while 2 of them sosoliso owned by an igbo and ADC owned by an Efic were banned Belview whose crash recorded 100% casualty was allowed to fly the nigerian airspace under the guise that investigation was not complete.
Today the capitalisation of Airlines orchestrated by the same FFK has turned out to be another money laundering gimmick used to fool gullible Nigerians.
Air Nigeria that benefited and pocketed the sum of N38b has closed shop with the owner on self imposed exile while EFCC and self appointed watch dogs like wole soyinka, femi falana, FFK look the other way.
The Belview airline which FFK allowed to fly despite inflicting hundreds of nigerian families unwanted sorrows has equally closed shop and has been bought over by tinubu as first nation.
How on earth can someone compare and assess the performance of Femi Fani Kayode a minister of aviation for 6 months at a time when nigerians stopped flying as a result of loss of confidence in the aviation industry and compare it with the performance of esther Odua at a time when confidence is high in the Aviation industry with new general aviation terminals built and new international airport built and an all time high flying experience of nigerian private jet owners more than 400 in all.

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]

berem: I will continue to defend FFK because he did so much for the aviation sector within his short stay in office. I admire competency and have absolute no regard for clueless antics. You can continue wallowing in your bigoted sentiments. That's your phucking business. If the present Aviation minister was from another ethnic group,you and other bigots would have been the ones screaming and making noise on this forum. But its all good because she is our sister. Very pathetic!

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]

berem: I will continue to defend FFK because he did so much for the aviation sector within his short stay in office. I admire competency and have absolute no regard for clueless antics. You can continue wallowing in your bigoted sentiments. That's your phucking business. If the present Aviation minister was from another ethnic group,you and other bigots would have been the ones screaming and making noise on this forum. But its all good because she is our sister. Very pathetic!

Symphony007: before you decend into your tribal demeanor. Note that the first person to call for her resignation is eke ekweremadu. The deputy senate president and a fellow igbo.

berem: I am highly disappointed at your comments. I can't believe you and some other Igbo bigots will be so tribalisitc about the appointment of Stella Oduah as minister. You should know on records that Igbos have lost more lives in the air crash than any other ethnic group during her tenure. The Dana air crash is a perfect example. What do you say about that? Not because you didn't lose a loved one in any of the crash makes you care less about those who did. Sentiments aside, Stella should be fired immediately and another competent fellow be appointed. I don't really give a damn where the new minister should come from.All we want is no more crashes and loss of lives.

remark D: Omo Yoruba, people that reason you have on this issue are best ignored, but I will try anyways, try to help you see or understand that when she says "act of God" (she assumed she was talking to intelligent people it seems, i'd have used a more simple sentence/phrase), what she meant is that it is not possible to have a perfect system. You can do all the best you can, but doesn't Murphy's law state that if there is a possibility that something will go wrong, that it will?

Granted there may be one, too many accidents, but in such a situation, finding where something went wrong in each case is what you do - and you sure cant tell me that a minister ministers action or lack thereof, is always the case of these mishaps....

say the pilot who is an expert and licensed etc... has a slight error in judgement.... there, an accident cold happen....

the bottom line is that ... the insurance people refer to an "act of God" as cases that are very unpredictable and beneat their control... s I am sure she meant that she can not, and should not, be the one blamed for something that went wrong in an area or section that is not meccessarily in her direct supervision...

I hope my effort pays off... read it over again...

odabo...

luvmijeje: Am I the only one that read that 7 air mishaps occured under her watch? And some people still have the effrontery to play the tribal cards.
I don't blame her since those we elected don't have a clue on how to run a country.

dbride:

Feyi Agagu reported he noticed a visible CRACK on the plane b4 take off and he quickly told Femi Akintunde to pray with him. Please go find out the implication of a crack on a plane, that plane cannot gather enough power to fly any higher, it loses control and crashes.

3Dimension: 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 !!!

remark D: Omo Yoruba, people that reason you have on this issue are best ignored, but I will try anyways, try to help you see or understand that when she says "act of God" (she assumed she was talking to intelligent people it seems, i'd have used a more simple sentence/phrase), what she meant is that it is not possible to have a perfect system. You can do all the best you can, but doesn't Murphy's law state that if there is a possibility that something will go wrong, that it will?

Granted there may be one, too many accidents, but in such a situation, finding where something went wrong in each case is what you do - and you sure cant tell me that a minister ministers action or lack thereof, is always the case of these mishaps....

say the pilot who is an expert and licensed etc... has a slight error in judgement.... there, an accident cold happen....

the bottom line is that ... the insurance people refer to an "act of God" as cases that are very unpredictable and beneat their control... s I am sure she meant that she can not, and should not, be the one blamed for something that went wrong in an area or section that is not meccessarily in her direct supervision...

I hope my effort pays off... read it over again...

odabo...

remark D: As at page six (6) of this thread, the comment I am quoting below has been liked by two (2) people...

It sheds light on the events that the OP posted.... and it is clear Senator Ekweremadu was not demanding her being sacked... but why would the writer of that article paint a false picture of the intention of the Senator and that of his colleagues? isn't that a clear case of misinformation and mis-interpretation... and who is such representation targeted at? Perhaps those that love to play the ethnic game and say they are more concerned with competence...

Why is the truth always ignored and turned on its head when a particular ethnic group is concerned?

Its a bitter pill... one that only 2 people will like, in place of bigotry posts/comments that gets likes from over ten times the number of likes and appreciation for the truth these two posters have identified with

Please, may the two people that liked the post below, stand? A recognition of you two is in order... and depending your location, some materials/gifts might just be sent to your (house) mail box

May God help us see and identify with the truth... nothing like the truth


You really shouldn't say that.
News reportage is like story telling, everyone tells it their way.
And, context is everything. This particular news deliberately failed to give the full text of what Ekweremadu said, preferring rather to let readers reach the logical conclusion that he is calling for Oduah's sack.
Truth is, he isn't.

Here's the full text:

The issue is that in some places, when something like this happens, people take responsibilities and resign. But as such things do not happen here, we will keep repeating ourselves. The problem here is about safety standards and not just the plane because the standards are same everywhere. There is the need to ensure that those responsible for the regulation of the industry do so,” Ekweremadu said.
Restating the reasons for the summon, Ekweremadu said: “We have tried a number of things including investigation, but the time has come to consider invoking power 67, Section 2 of our Constitution. We are inviting the Minister to brief us on the situation. It is not to indict anybody but to know what is happening in the aviation sector and how we can help to ensure that this does not continue.

We also need to make our roads and waterways safe and all these could be done if we do our works well

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How far the gift na?!

Aigbofa:
How daft can you get! A plane crash an act of God? An act of God is something you absolutely have no control over, like an earthquake, a hurricane, a tsunami and stuff like that. Not when you allow rickety aircraft to fly while you are busy painting airports.
Tribalism is turning some of you to moro.ns. One more crash, not even Jonathan will be able to defend her.

Okija_juju:


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How far the gift na?!

Okija_juju:



Bros.. How do you think the aviation industry flight certification works? So you think its every take-off and landing that the Authorities will run out and start examining the aircrafts?

I don't know so I'm asking you?

I think there are standard routine inspections that must be done every X hours of filght time and there must be a standard checklist that they look at.

An aircraft is made up of a thousands of parts and I doubt they can check every one per flight. I have seen NTSB reports where the cause of a crash was a single loose screw in a hard to see part of the plane.. One I saw about an asian plane was a loose screw that was inside the tail rudder. Normally after a crash, all parties involved in the manufacture of the aircraft send reps to investigate the cause of the crash and if its a mechanical or electrical fault, they send iut a memo to everyone operating those same planes to check that part of their plane for any abnormality and in some cases they change that part on all planes..

All airlines grounded their A380 airbuses that were using General electrics engines after the Quantas airline blew the engines on one of theirs. Not all air misharps should be blamed on negligence of the minister.

Causes of a crash range from human error to mechanical failure to unsuitable natural ooccurences like lightening..

All we Ndi igbos are saying is if you can't fire Stella until you prove that she was complicit in some way for the cause of the crash assuming it was caused by corner cutting.

Vavavoom:

Chief, going forward I'd like to state clearly that I am neither Pro or against Stella Oduah. Am just a Nigierian seeking answers - not a tag along.

While I concede it will be unrealistic to do a total component check on each airline after every flight the questions I have put forward are germane and realistic based on the allegation going forward.
If the desire we seek is to better our nation then as part of a holistic change in our tackiling the menace of corruption bedevilling us we must as a matter of relevance ask the right questions that will unearth the Root Cause of this or any other previous mishaps.

Therefore a thorough RCA should seek to know why as alleged a plane that had not been flown for over 3 months was licenced to fly people commercially as part of its test flight process. This is not a standard test process the world over...that it allegedly happened with the AA flight should be cause for worry, don't you think?

Is it possible other airlines in cahoot with the regulating authorities are enganged and get away with this sort of practice in the past?

Yes, planes are one huge metallic contraption with a host of components that with time are bound to fail mechanically. But we shouldn't lose sight of the human error in compounding the issue under discourse.

As alleged there were test flight engineers on the plane outbound to Akure...people would like to know why were they on board? A plane is not a car you park by the road and fix glitches as you notice them, so why combine a commercial with a test flight thereby exposing more people to a higher risk?

For me there are lots of learnings we can draw from crash expereinces over the years but we choose instead unfortunately to blackmail and ethnicize issues.

The countries that have developed their industries to our envy passed through these phases but chose differently to identify both mechanical and HUMAN errors in the process. We can choose to hid our heads in the sands and play out ethnic cards whenever we are faced with critical challenges requiring analytical thinking.

Or buckle down and see that it's a steps 1 - 10 thing that we can surmount with critical analysis. I leave it there.

dbride: All defenders of Stella Oduah agree that the fault is with NCAA, yet the one they defend is convinced the accident was an act of God. Defenders, I ask, why are you defending Stella who clearly does not recognize there is a fault and where that fault lies? This is the issue in question. You see the fault in NCAA, Stella sees the fault with God (absolves NCAA from blame)! She is protecting NCAA, you are blaming NCAA. Stella and her defenders are even at loggerheads! Tribalism sucks!

Vavavoom:

Chief, going forward I'd like to state clearly that I am neither Pro or against Stella Oduah. Am just a Nigierian seeking answers - not a tag along.

While I concede it will be unrealistic to do a total component check on each airline after every flight the questions I have put forward are germane and realistic based on the allegation going forward.
If the desire we seek is to better our nation then as part of a holistic change in our tackiling the menace of corruption bedevilling us we must as a matter of relevance ask the right questions that will unearth the Root Cause of this or any other previous mishaps.

Therefore a thorough RCA should seek to know why as alleged a plane that had not been flown for over 3 months was licenced to fly people commercially as part of its test flight process. This is not a standard test process the world over...that it allegedly happened with the AA flight should be cause for worry, don't you think?

Is it possible other airlines in cahoot with the regulating authorities are enganged and get away with this sort of practice in the past?

Yes, planes are one huge metallic contraption with a host of components that with time are bound to fail mechanically. But we shouldn't lose sight of the human error in compounding the issue under discourse.

As alleged there were test flight engineers on the plane outbound to Akure...people would like to know why were they on board? A plane is not a car you park by the road and fix glitches as you notice them, so why combine a commercial with a test flight thereby exposing more people to a higher risk?

For me there are lots of learnings we can draw from crash expereinces over the years but we choose instead unfortunately to blackmail and ethnicize issues.

The countries that have developed their industries to our envy passed through these phases but chose differently to identify both mechanical and HUMAN errors in the process. We can choose to hid our heads in the sands and play out ethnic cards whenever we are faced with critical challenges requiring analytical thinking.

Or buckle down and see that it's a steps 1 - 10 thing that we can surmount with critical analysis. I leave it there.