{"id":4634,"date":"2013-06-02T18:27:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T18:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/dana-crashfamilies-squabble-over-compensation\/"},"modified":"2013-06-02T18:27:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T18:27:14","slug":"dana-crashfamilies-squabble-over-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/dana-crashfamilies-squabble-over-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Crash:Families squabble over compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Simon Ateba\/Aviation correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n Relatives of the victims of the 3 June 2012 Dana plane crash are fighting over who should collect the $ 100,000 compensation and this is delaying payment, the Ministry of Aviation said on Sunday, a day to the first anniversary of the air disaster which claimed 157 lives in Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria.<\/p>\n “The airline fully insured all passengers. The problem is about 20 families have been fully compensated. For the others there are family squabbles,” said Dr. George Ossi, a permanent secretary in the Ministry of Aviation.<\/p>\n Ossi was at Saint Leo Catholic Church in Ikeja area of Lagos to represent the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, at a memorial service for the crash victims.<\/p>\n “Some (families) are in court. Some can’t agree who will take the compensation. If they all had agreed, by now, we won’t be talking about compensation,” Ossi said.<\/p>\n However, he added,”the ministry is doing all it can to ensure that everyone gets what is due to him or her.” <\/p>\n