The House of Representatives has urged the Ecological Project Office, through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, to immediately begin the rehabilitation of the roads and bridges leading to the site of the ill-fated Bellview Boeing 737200 Airline Flight 210 from Lagos to Abuja.
The plane had crashed in Ogun state shortly after take-off from Lagos in 2005.
The House said they should embark on immediate road development, dredging/channelization, and construction of bridges across Awela and Alapako Bridges to allow families to visit the site and pay their respects.
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It mandated the Committees on Ecological Funds, Appropriations, and Aviation to make provisions in the 2025 budget estimate to address the infrastructure challenges and ensure safe site access for families of the deceased.
These resolutions followed the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Ibrahim Ayokunle Isiaka on Wednesday.
The House noted that on 22 October 2005, the Bellview Airlines Flight 210, a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight Boeing 737-200 airliner from Lagos to Abuja nose-dived and crashed at high speed a few minutes after take-off, killing all 117 passengers on board.
The House was concerned that families of the deceased could not pay their respects due to the dilapidated road and collapsed bridges at Awela and Alapako Rivers.
It was also concerned that families of the deceased passengers are unable to pay their normal laying of wreaths and prayers, because of the badly affected road and the collapsed bridges affected by flood and erosion at both the Awela and Alapako Rivers.
The House said it was a poignant reminder of the ongoing impact of that terrible event.