"We do not pray for accidents but it is inevitable. But all we do is to do everything to ensure that we do not have accidents. But is an act of God…!”

Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation (October 7, 2013, Abuja).

In defence of the pus, rut and mess pervading the Aviation Industry in Nigeria, Aviation Minister Stella Oduah has come out swinging. It is an acknowledged fact that much of the problem hitting the Aviation marketplace probably started before the minister was born. Against this backdrop, it will be unfair if I, through this medium unleash condemnation and criticism on the honourable minister who had not probably been conceived in the womb of her mother before Nigeria’s myriad problems were delivered in the birth-bath of Lord Lugard. On the other hand, however, if tragedies and disasters occur under the watch of an aviation team-leader, it is only understandable why many may opine that the leader’s hands are dripping and glossed up with blood spilled through a plethora of slaughter scenarios that are recorded to date in avoidable plane crashes.