tanker explosion at Otedola (picture credit score: Rapid Response Squad)
The Senate has directed the Nigeria Police and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to probe the explosion of a gas tanker in Lagos final Thursday.
Recall that the incident took twelve lives with a number of vehicles burnt.
Famzn News understands that the lawmakers will meet the FRSC and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to hunt modification of extant legal guidelines required to tame accidents involving articulated autos.
The Senate’s transfer adopted a movement by Senator Gbenga Ashafa at the side of senators Oluremi Tinubu and Solomon Adeola at plenary on Wednesday
Granting prayers of the movement, the lawmakers resolved to “urge the FRSC, the Nigeria Police and all related safety companies to cooperate with Lagos State and different states in making certain that drivers of articulated autos adjust to all federal and state visitors security legal guidelines.
“We urge the Nigeria Police to work at the side of the FRSC to hold out a thorough investigation of the circumstances resulting in the accident that led to the gas tanker fireplace, with the view to prosecuting anybody discovered culpable on this preventable fireplace incident.
“The relevant committees of the Senate should invite the FRSC and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with a view to finding a legislative solution towards ensuring that, before trucks are loaded, mandatory safety checks are put in place to ascertain the condition of the tankers and the road worthiness of the vehicles.”