Senate Orders Investigation into Lagos Explosion via thisdaylive
The Senate yesterday ordered an immediate investigation into the explosion that rocked Abule Osho in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State on Sunday.
The Senate while asking the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and National Emergency Management Agency to send relief materials to the affected victims’ families and pay the medical bills of the wounded, also urged the federal government and members of the National Assembly to contribute to the N2 billion Abule Ado Relief Fund set up on Monday by the Lagos State government.
Senators in their contributions lamented how people in the area live in danger alongside power high tension lines as well as NNPC pipelines. On his part, Senator George Sekibo recalled that the Senate had in the past set up ad-hoc committees whose recommendations were not implemented by the respective government agencies, adding that the regulatory agencies in the petroleum industry are not alive to their responsibilities.
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