WARRI – Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the Delta State governor, has rejoiced with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his crew members for surviving the helicopter crash at Kabba, Kogi State, on Saturday.
Okowa, in a statement by Charles Aniagwu, his Chief Press Secretary, in Asaba at the weekend, thanked God for the miraculous escape of the Vice President and all crew members, stressing that God is too faithful to allow such a calamity to befall Nigerians at this critical time of nationhood.
He said: “I rejoice with Mr. President, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, the entire Federal Executive Council and the generality of Nigerians, because, we would have been thrown into a national mourning if the devil had prevailed in his evil enterprise.
“We thank God who has been merciful unto us as a nation and it is my prayer that such calamities will never occur in our dear country again.
“I also call on relevant aviation regulatory agencies to investigate the crash with a view to unraveling the remote and the immediate cause of the crash and making plans to avert occurrence.”
Okowa called on relevant stakeholders to ensure adequate maintenance and world best practices in the aviation sector to prevent deaths occasioned by such negative occurrences.
“It is also my appeal that relevant authorities must brace up to their job and ensure effective regulation in the sector. They must ensure adequate maintenance and international best practices for airplanes and helicopters conveying people in authority and those not in authority to prevent unnecessary loss of lives due to avoidable mishaps,” he said.
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Source: Daily Independent
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