The Federal Government on Thursday ordered the management of Dana Air and its insurers to ensure the payment of all claims to the dependants of passengers and others who lost their lives in the June 3, 2012 air crash before the end of this year.
Although the airline said it had paid over 60 per cent of the claims, the government insisted it must clear the outstanding debts this year.
The Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, gave the order in Abuja during the 2013 ministerial briefing organised by the Federal Ministry of Communications.
She said, “The challenge of Dana is that of multiple claims. When you have multiple claims, it becomes difficult to ascertain who should collect. And until they are able to do that, they will not pay multiple claims and we will continue verifying and re-verifying to ascertain who should be the next of kin to claim the money.
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