Follow @9jaLife Nigeria's House of Representatives has insisted that Dana Airline which recently resumed flights should remain suspended. The position was part of the resolution which also held that the Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren remain sacked over what the lawmakers branded "professional negligence and incompetence" resulting in the fatal Dana plane crash. The operational licence of DANA Airlines was suspended last year following the crash of one of its aircraft in Iju-Ishaga, a Lagos suburb, on June 3, 2012. The ill-fated flight on a scheduled trip from Abuja to Lagos killed 160 passengers and crewmembers as well as those on the ground in the neighbourhood. Ruling on a motion sponsored by Ossai Nicholas Ossai (Delta/PDP), House Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal directed the House standing committee on legislative compliance to ensure the Executive's implementation of the probe report. The probe report adopted last December among others recommended the sack of the Demuren and suspension of Dana Airline Operation licence. Also, the House held that Dana's current Air Operating Certificate (AOC) should be revoked because it was not issued in compliance with NCAA's Civil Regulations Guideline 2009, the probe report further recommended. The report also directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to recover the N35.5 billion which was extended to Air Nigeria through the United Bank for Africa (UBA) but was diverted to other uses. Seven months after Dana's fleet was grounded by Nigerian aviation authorities following the crash of its flight 992, the airline resumed domestic flights January 4. Follow @9jaLife
