The Federal Government has assured victims of last Saturday’s tanker gas explosion at Ita-Oshin, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, of adequate compensation.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, disclosed this yesterday when he paid an on-the-spot assessment visit to the scene of the accident. The fire accident, which involved a tanker gas truck belonging to Gasco Marine Ltd, Abeokuta, claimed the life of the “motor boy” of the gas laden tanker while about six vehicles and two other shops were equally burnt.
Ekpo, who came with the Authority Chief Executive of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, said that the Federal Government delegation was in the state assess situation of things as far as the accident is concerned and see how to forestall a reoccurrence.
The minister charged stakeholders in the gas industry to prioritise issues of standards and safety measures as the Federal Government won’t allow the lives of its citizens to be so endangered.
He said the country is transiting to use of CNG as an alternative fuel and that anything that may want to hurt the confidence of the people or make people to begin to feel that CNG is not safe to use with the type of accident that happened in Abeokuta and Port Harcourt involving CNG trucks is really a source of concern.
He said: “Nigeria’s gas resources are up to 208 trillion cubic feet and we have to make use of it in the way that it should be to drive the economy of this nation. “So, what we are emphasising on is maintaining safety standards because anything that falls beyond this won’t be appreciated. “When we visited where the cylinders were kept, we saw a crack on it which may be that it was not up to standard.”
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