The Minister of Defence Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi has granted audience to the representatives of the Widows of the Officers who died in Hercules C -130 plane crash in 1992 led by the National co-ordinator Ogale Jude.
The Widows raised the general concerns about the yet to be fulfilled promises by the tripartite bodies of the Federal Government, the Home states of the deceased, and the Services in the areas of building houses, purchase of cars, and training of the Children of the families of the officers who paid the supreme price in the line of duty to the country.
General Magashi expressed strong political will to address the gaps that led to the delay and discrepancies in settling the commitments to the Widows who sadly disclosed that they have lost some of their members to the cold hands of death for lack of funds to pick and pay their medical bills.
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The Minister tasked the group to furnish the Ministry with the updated facts and figures about members living or dead adding that the raw data will trigger actionable efforts to meet their demands once and final.
