The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has called on relevant government authorities to look into issues bothering on road regulations. The governor also called for the safety of the mode of transportation of vehicles carrying inflamable products, including Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the country.
Governor Abiodun, made this known on Sunday during an on-the-spot assessment of damage done to properties and businesses by Saturday’s gas explosion at Ita-Oshin in Abeokuta North local government area of the state.
He said, “As a responsible state government, our emergency management team have taken stock of all those businesses, residences that have been affected by this unfortunate incident.
“What has happened yesterday throws up a lot of questions, far ranging questions. The issues around safety, issues around regulation, issues around road worthiness of the modes of transportation, and issues around the required regulatory oversight for the entire industry must be looked into.
“Are these issues happening at the same speed as the industry is progressing? This would allow us to better understand and answer those questions.
“I have directed that one or two buildings be evacuated until our regulatory agency that is in charge does the required integrity test on those buildings to ensure that they are safe for our people to continue to leave in there.”
He added that “All those affected will be compensated, all those who are in the hospital, we will take over their treatment.”
The governor added that there is a need to formulate regulatory frameworks that would ensure that such an accident does not happen again in the state.
“We must first ensure that the right regulatory framework to ensure that the truck heads that are carrying petroleum products into the state are road worthy.”
