LAGOS TANKER FIRE DISASTER IS WAKE UP CALL FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REVAMP RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH COMMITMENT, SAYS PASEDA

Similarly, he passionately appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari led to place high premium on transporting fuel for local consumptions through the railway system so as to safeguard the life span of Nigerian roads as well as lives of motorists plying the highways.

He commiserated with families of those who lost their lives in the inferno as well as those that sustained varying degrees of burns in the incident, just as he enjoined officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to reappraise its enforcement mechanism in order to forestall a repetition of the disaster.

“I am deeply grieved by this shocking, horrid and traumatizing incident which came at a period when the nation is still mourning the Plateau massacre in which over 84 people were gruesomely murdered in cold blood”,Paseda said

“The fuel tanker fire accidents is becoming too rampant on our highways where hardworking Nigerians have painfully lost their lives and materials acquired by dint of hard work.”

“I am indeed, saddened by this incident. This however, is a wakeup call on the federal government to intensify efforts at revamping our railway transportation system. It is high time we return to the old Western system where oil and allied products were transported through the railway. That invariably makes our roads durable and safeguards the lives of motorists on the highway.”

“My prayers go to the families of the deceased. I join in praying that God grants the bereaved families the fortitude to bear their grief as well as speedy recovery for the wounded.”