Former Vice President and chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar expresses deep sadness over the gas
factory fire in Nnewi, Anambra State, which claimed scores of lives and
destroyed properties.
In a press statement released by his media office in
Abuja on Saturday, 26 December, the former Vice President says that the
accident is the more agonizing because it came at a time when the victims like
other Nigerians were looking forward to celebrating with their families and
friends at the Yuletide and ‘Eid-el-Maulud celebrations.
He recalls that Nnewi in Anambra State has recently
been growing as a busy and dynamic commercial and industrial enclave boosting
the economy of the nation and providing employment for its teeming population.
According to him, the economic progress being
witnessed in the area is one that every patriotic Nigerian and the Federal
Government wishes and supports for other towns in the country. Therefore, he says
the unfortunate and grim gas fire accident should not be allowed to dampen the
enthusiasm and entrepreneurial drive of the people towards industrialization
and progress. Rather, he calls on the state and local governments, business
community, and entrepreneurs in the area to take the issue of industrial safety
and accident prevention and management seriously.
The Turaki Adamawa notes that accidents like the one
that took place at the Inter Corp Oil Limited gas facility is a fact of life in
industrial and industrializing societies and calls for more vigilance and
readiness among agencies in the emergency sector of the economy.
The former Vice President extends his heartfelt
condolence to the families and relations of the victims, the Anambra State
government and people, and Nigerians at large. He prays for the peaceful repose
of the soul of the victims and expressed the hope that such a gruesome accident
would not happen again.
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