THE President of Christian
Association of Nigeria, CAN,
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has
urged the Federal
Government to ensure that
the investigation into last
Saturday's helicopter crash
in Bayelsa was thorough,
reports JOSEPH ERUNKE.
The CAN president said he
was worried at the
frequency of air mishaps in
Nigeria, the latest of which
was last Saturday's crash.
Pastor Oritsejafor who
issued a statement
Wednesday, in Abuja,
through his Special Assistant
on Media and Public Affairs,
Mr. Kenny Ashaka,
commiserating with the
families of those who lost
their loved ones, regretted
that Nigeria has lost many
lives in recent times through
air mishaps.
The CAN president said he
backed the Federal
Government, the Nigerian
Navy and the Senate's plan to
investigate the mishap just
as he expressed satisfaction
with the decision of the
Governors' Forum to engage
a consultant to serve as an
observer in the investigation.
File photo: Scene of the
crash, near Okoroba in
Nembe Local Government
Area of Bayelsa state.
Photo: Samuel
Oyandongha.
File photo: Scene of the
crash, near Okoroba in
Nembe Local Government
Area of Bayelsa state. Photo:
Samuel Oyandongha.
"All hands must be on deck
because Nigeria cannot
afford to lose highly placed
government officials, other
categories of the Nigerians,"
the statement said, adding
"the investigations must
involve aircraft investigation
specialists in order to ensure
that such panels come up
with recommendations that
would forestall future
occurrences and avert
rumour being peddled.
"This time, the outcome of
such investigations must be
made public and their
recommendations
implemented after due
process must have been
followed", the statement
added.
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