In response to the tragic petrol tanker hearth catastrophe at Dikko Junction in Niger State, the Nationwide Emergency Administration Company has distributed meals, non-food objects, and medical provides to assist the therapy of injured victims and supply aid to the affected households.
The company disclosed this in an announcement on Tuesday.
The tanker explosion occurred on Saturday morning alongside Dikko-Maje Highway, reverse Baddegi Station. In line with studies, the catastrophe was triggered when a crashed tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit spilled its contents throughout an try to switch the gas to a different tanker. The spilled PMS got here into contact with a generator used to energy the switch, inflicting the explosion.
The incident claimed 98 lives, left 69 individuals with various levels of accidents, and destroyed 20 outlets.
NEMA’s Director Normal, Mrs Zubaida Umar, visited the neighborhood and flagged off the distribution of aid supplies. She acknowledged that the intervention was according to President Bola Tinubu’s directive and the Federal Authorities’s dedication to helping the neighborhood in recovering from the catastrophe.
She mentioned, “Primarily based on the report of the preliminary speedy evaluation carried out by officers of NEMA, NSEMA, and different first responders, we’re right here to supply quick help with meals, non-food objects, and medicaments to the affected households.”
Whereas sympathising with the neighborhood, Mrs Umar assured that NEMA would coordinate complete efforts to help their restoration. She additionally pressured the necessity for communities to prioritise catastrophe preparedness and proactive measures to safeguard lives and property.
She recommended the swift response of first responders, together with NEMA, the Niger State Emergency Administration Company, firefighters, the Federal Highway Security Corps, the Nigerian Safety and Civil Defence Corps, medical personnel, safety operatives, neighborhood members, and different stakeholders who acted promptly to save lots of lives and mitigate additional injury.
Current on the occasion was the Deputy Speaker of the Niger State Home of Meeting, Afiniki Daudu, who appreciated the Federal Authorities’s immediate response in delivering aid objects via NEMA. Additionally in attendance have been the Chairman of Gurara Native Authorities Space, Alhaji Abdulhalim Abubakar; the Director Normal of Niger State SEMA, Abdullahi Arah; and neighborhood leaders.