Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Senate has resolved to mandate its committees on Air Force and Aviation to conduct a comprehensive audit of aircraft in the presidential and military fleets to determine their condition and airworthiness.

The upper chamber also urged the federal government to prioritise funding for regular aircraft maintenance and the replacement of ageing military aircraft.

The resolutions followed a motion sponsored by Osita Ngwu, the senator representing Enugu West, on Tuesday to mourn the officers and crew members who died in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft crash in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State on 5 October.

Mr Ngwu, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), expressed concern that recurring military ai...