Senate investigates Rivers pipeline explosion - Daily Post Nigeria

Senate investigates Rivers pipeline explosion

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the explosion, according to the presentation made by Sen. Sekibo George , who moved the motion, also wounded over 50 others.Lawan tasked the committee to look into the remote cause of the incident which occurred in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state on June 22.Pipelines and Products Marketing Company to improve on the security of the nation’s oil pipelines.

Earlier, a motion titled “Pipeline explosion in Komkom Town of Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State,” sponsored by Sekibo George and three others had raised concerns about the explosion. He said that “Such explosions have always brought irreparable devastating consequences on the people and the affected areas, as is often, such explosions usually change the environment and the livelihood of the people in the area.

“The NNPC Jetty at Okrika explosion about seven years ago claimed the lives of over seventy persons and left many persons maimed.

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