All 153 passengers aboard the ill-fated plane flying from Abuja, en route Lagos, crashed into residential apartments in Iju-Ishaga, a Lagos suburb.
Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Zakari Muhammed, declared the stance of the House yesterday in Kaduna. He said members of the House are greatly shocked by the crash and would ensure that the accident is properly investigated.
Muhammed spoke yesterday immediately after the Speaker Aminu Tambuwal postponed a scheduled retreat meant for the Press Corps of the lower legislative chamber.
According to him, the issue of the air crash will be brought up at plenary today, adding that an ad-hoc committee will be constituted to probe the tragedy.
According to Mohammed, the House will act swiftly on the findings of the committee and the full weight of the law will be brought to bear on anyone found wanting.
His words: “By tomorrow (today) at the plenary, the House will definitely discuss the incident and possibly order an investigation of the air crash.
“Last Sunday’s air disaster claimed the lives of many Nigerians and we are not just going let the matter go without proper investigation to unravel the causes of the crash.”
He assured that the House will not allow the report of the committee to be swept under the carpet, adding that the chamber owes Nigerians a responsibility to halt a repetition of such grievous incidents.
According to the lawmaker, the Black Box of the ill-fated plane has been recovered, adding that the information gathered from the Box will present accurate information on the probable cause of the crash.
Mohammed who also spoke on the public perception on the non-implementation of previous reports of investigations on government agencies, assured that the 7th National Assembly would not joke with the issue of corruption in government cycles as well as poor performance, adding that the House will ensure that the investigation is treated like that of the fuel subsidy.
He said: “Agencies like the Federal Civil Aviation, National Emergency Management Agency, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and others in the aviation sector are under the oversight supervision of the National Assembly and we are going to apply the full weight the law if any one of them is found to have fallen short of their professional conduct.”
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