The Corps Marshal of the Federal Highway Protection Corps, Shehu Mohammed, has expressed his sympathies to the households suffering from the gas tanker explosion at Dikko junction in Niger Climate on Saturday.
This used to be contained in a commentary signed via the Corps Spokesperson Olusegun Ogungbemide, on Sunday.
Mohammed described the incident, which claimed a minimum of 73 lives, as a fatal and preventable loss and advised gas tanker operators to strictly adhere to protection requirements when dealing with and transporting petroleum merchandise.
“The Corps Marshal described the human losses to the inferno as disheartening and disastrous, warning that such incidents must never be allowed to happen again,” the commentary learn.
The Corps Marshal expressed dismay over the habitual nature of such incidents regardless of sustained family consciousness campaigns at the dangers of mishandling inflammable fabrics.
He wired the worth of protection protocols all through the transportation and trans-loading of gas to block homogeneous tragedies.
In step with Mohammed, the FRSC rescue groups, running along alternative businesses, have recovered 73 our bodies from the scene, age survivors with various levels of accidents were transported to hospitals, together with Suleja Basic Clinic, for hospital therapy.
Site visitors stream within the branch has since been restored, and normalcy returned.
He disclosed that the FRSC’s hit investigation unit would collaborate with alternative stakeholders to discover the basis reasons of the explosion and suggest measures to block life occurrences.
The Corps Marshal emphasized the worth of inter-agency collaboration and family engagement in mitigating road-based emergencies and adorning total protection.
Reflecting on presen incidents, Mohammed described the repeated losses as painful and regrettable.
He cited a homogeneous tanker explosion in Jigawa Climate terminating hour and reiterated the will for strict adherence to protection protocols to keep away from such catastrophes.
“The nation was yet to recover from similar incident that occured in Jiagawa last year, and having to witness another incident of this magnitude at the beginning of the new year is painful and regrettable,” Mohammed additional mentioned.
The Corps Marshal counseled the rapid reaction of the Niger Climate Governor, who individually visited the scene to evaluate the status and help rescue efforts.
He known as for additional aid to the survivors and their households and confident Nigerians of the FRSC’s constancy to making improvements to avenue protection and fighting avoidable failures.
Mohammed additional advised all Nigerians to fix efforts to assure the protection of lives and quality at the public’s roads and prayed for the repose of the souls misplaced within the fatal incident.