By Olayemi Esan, Abuja
The Minister of Defense, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd) has granted audience to the representatives of widows of military officers who died in Hercules C -130 plane crash in 1992.
The delegation was led by the National Co-ordinator of the group, Ogale Jude.
Special Assistant to the Minister of Defence on Media and Publicity, Mohammad Abdulkadri made this known in a statement made available to Defence Correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja.
Abdulkadri sadi, they raised the general concerns about unfulfilled promises by the tripartite bodies of the Federal Government, the home states of the deceased and the Services.
The promises include building houses, purchase of cars and trainings the children of of the officers who paid the supreme price while on national duty to the country.
He noted that, 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 some of their members have died due to lack of funds to pay medical bills.
He added that 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 for all.
