Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has lambasted the House of Representatives for calling on Air Peace to evacuate Nigerians. In a report by Saturday Punch, Falana was quoted as saying that it was not the job of a private organisation to evacuate Nigerians but the primary responsibility of the government to coordinate such.
Falana said, “Air Peace is a private business, so the National Assembly has no business asking Air Peace to evacuate students. Will the government pay? Will the National Assembly appropriate money for it instead of appealing to Air Peace?
“It is the government that should spend money on rescuing stranded Nigerians, not a private airline. Unfortunately, this is one of the prices we have to pay for our dysfunctional educational system. The government is not fixing things. Hence we have been witnessing exodus.”