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Lokoja Tanker Explosion: Buhari Condoles Kogi State Victims 

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President Buhari has mourned the victims of the Lokoja Tanker explosion.
News Rain gathered that President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Kogi State government and the families of the victims of the Tanker explosion that happened in Lokoja the Capital City of the State on Wednesday.

What Buhari Said About Lokoja Explosion.

President Buhari who sends his condolences through his Media aide Femi Adesina said that the death of 23 people, has been confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Commission.
President Buhari in his condolences messages said that the sad incident represents another disturbing and saddening incident in the litany of tragedies that have befallen our country.
Recalled that the Petroleum tanker had reported having claimed the lives of travelers, school children, bystanders, including some students of Kogi State Polytechnic.
President Buhari said: “I am seriously worried about the frequency of these unfortunate and large scale tragedies in the country which cause needless deaths, he noted that these frequent incidents that result in loss of lives and property are a national scandal caused by our indifference to safety standards.”
Buhari maintained that Nigeria is not having a shortage of laws and regulations, but our problem is a lack of zeal to enforce those laws and regulations for the sake of public safety.”
He stressed that “many accidents are preventable if proper proactive and precautionary measures are put in place or properly observed as routine policies.”
President Buhari called on the county’s transport authorities, traffic and road management agencies as well as law enforcement officials to sit up and enforce safety standards with more seriousness, adding that “refusal to do the right thing can cause potential tragic problems that harm innocent people.”
President Buhari stated that “ours is a country where we move on whenever tragedies occur instead of taking preventive safety measures to forestall future calamities.”
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