Jigawa State governor Umah Namadi said Tuesday the people of Jigawa are still reeling from the impact of a petrol tanker explosion which has left 181 dead and 80 persons in critical condition in hospital.
On October 15 while attempting to scoop fuel from a tanker involved in an accident people were caught up in an explosion resulting in multiple causalities. Mr. Namadi said while briefing President Bola Tinubu in Abuja Tuesday that a total of 210 families were affected by the inferno.
“The situation as at today is that we have about 181 people that died and about 80 people in the hospital and about 210 families affected by this,” Namadi said.
“I came here to brief Mr President about what happened to us, the tragic incident that happened in Jigawa State which claimed a lot of lives.
“We felt it is important to come and brief Mr President on what we are doing as a government and also to thank him for sending a delegation immediately this incident happened.
“Of course, the state government has taken the medical bill of all the affected people. We have done a lot of intervention to the families, to ensure that they continue their livelihood, and also Mr President has promised to intervene and assist the victims.
“The state government has already established a high-powered committee under the chairmanship of a retired DIG to investigate the remote causes of that incident and then advise the government on what to do.
“You should also remember that Mr President has given a directive immediately to the Corps Marshal that he should investigate this matter, and he should come up with a permanent solution to this problem in this country.”
