By Gloria Ikibah
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to make provision in the 2025 budget for the construction of the road leading to Bellview air crash site, to enable families pay respect to their loved ones who lost their lives in the air disaster.
This resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Ibrahim Ayokunle, tmember representing Ifo/Ewekoro Federal Constituency of Ogun State, on Wednesday at plenary on the “Need to rehabilitate the road and bridges leading to the site of the ill-fated Bellview Boeing 737- 200 Airline Flight 210 from Lagos to Abuja,”.
Naijablitznews.com recalled that on October 22, 2005, the Bellview Airlines Flight 210, a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight Boeing 737-200 airliner from Lagos to Abuja nose-dived and crashed at high speed a few minutes after take-off, killing all 117 passengers on board.
In his lead debate, Rep. Ayokunle noted that family members of the deceased could not pay their respects due to the dilapidated road and collapsed bridges at Awela and Alapako Rivers, leading to the crash site.
Naijablitznews.com reports that the motion brought back sad memories among the lawmakers during plenary.
According to him, “The families of the deceased passengers are unable to pay their normal laying of wreath and prayers, because of the badly affected road and the collapsed bridges affected by flood and erosion at both Awela and Alapako Rivers.”
The House unanimously adopted the motion, and mandated the Committees on Ecological Funds, Appropriations and Aviation to make provision in 2025 budget estimate to address the infrastructure challenges to ensure safe site access for families of the deceased.
It also directed the Ecological Project Office through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to embark on an mmediate road development, dredging/channelisation and construction of bridges across Awela and Alapako Bridges to allow families to visit the site and pay their respects.