RE: IT IS AN ACT OF GOD

I am absolutely flummoxed, the fact that our public office holders still find it almost impossible to make uncontroversial, responsible statements. It has been alleged that you ma, the Honorable Minister of Aviation, said that the recent air accident was "an act of God". The only thing I decipher from that statement is that you acknowledged that there is a God, don't drag Him into your inefficiencies. He can be very patient yet a consuming fire. In as much as God is all sovereign and no one can question His ways, we should not ascribe unbecoming phrases to HIM. Only in this country will this height of impunity, insensitivity and irresponsible be made to pass. The repeated and continuous (because I'm not sure these mishaps are over) air crashes and huge waste of human lives should NEVER be related to God as He is not an author of confusion. He frowns at waste and trying to circumvent discovering the root cause of the issue at hand by laying the blame on God as adopted by you and your colleagues for every systemic day to day cascading failures in all sectors is nothing but irresponsibility. These days, the safest medium of transportation has become death traps. Since the severity is very fatal and the probability of this happening is close to one, you can guess the risk Nigerians are taking to fly. Children have orphaned, breadwinners from their families, loved ones separated eternally due to the "act of God". With the seven crashes in the last two years, God has really been showing the acts clearly I presume then. What do we then call natural disasters? A respected activist said, "if God is in charge of safety in the aviation sector, we are then duplicating role by paying people salaries for the same. Whom do we sack? The first name on unrepentant and incompetent people's mouth when they fail to perform their responsibility is God". I will not join the bandwagon asking for your resignation, even though that is the only honorable thing to start solving this mess with. In saner climes, MPs, PMs, Ministers have tendered their resignation with unreserved apologies to the country for lot less. I will not join those who pass the buck to your desk even if by your position you boss the aviation industry. All most Nigerians ask is that you and by extension your colleagues enroll for courses in Communication Management to assist in reaching out to us. Thanks.