The House of Representatives has mandated its
Committee on Aviation to investigate the regulatory agencies in the
country's aviation industry including the Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA) with a view to ascertaining the extent of their
compliance with their statutory responsibilities of ensuring the
worthiness of aircrafts operating within the nation's airspace. The
resolution was passed on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 following a motion
moved by Hon. Sergius Ose Ogun. He called for the regulatory authorities
to conduct routine checks on the state of aircrafts and to ensure
regular update of the weather conditions to forestall scheduling flights
where air transportation is unsafe.
He
stated that despite the establishment of these regulatory agencies, the
frequency of air crashes in Nigeria is worrisome; adding that
ascertaining worthiness of aircrafts will help immensely to minimize air
crashes as well as improve the ratings of the Nigerian Aviation sector
globally.
In another motion, the House mandated
the Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to urgently
ensure that all abandoned projects in the region are completed by
including those projects in the 2016 NDDC Budget. The motion which was
at the instance of Hon. Patrick Aisowieren stated that one of the core
responsibilities of the Commission is to address infrastructural deficit
as well as embarking on projects aimed at improving the lots of the
people. He informed that several of such well-meaning projects have been
abandoned by their contractors, reiterating that all efforts by the
affected communities to interface with either the contractors or NDDC
have proved futile. He called on the House to come to the rescue of the
people of the area by intervening on the matter.
Meanwhile,
the House has received and adopted the report of the Ad hoc Committee
on Deregulation of Petroleum Downstream Sector laid before it by the
chairman of the Committee, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa. As recommended by
the Committee, the House supports the position of the Federal Government
in deregulating the downstream sector, however urged the FG to make
adequate provision of palliatives to cushion the suffering of the
people.
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