Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, Blames Buhari-led Government For Tanker Explosion That Killed 23 People In State

Bello said the total neglect of the road by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has made life unbearable for motorists and commuters plying the road.

Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has blamed Wednesday's fatal tanker explosion at the Felele axis of Okene/Lokoja/Abuja Road on the deplorable condition of all federal roads across the state.

Bello said the total neglect of the road by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has made life unbearable for motorists and commuters plying the road.

At least 23 persons were confirmed dead and many others injured following a tanker explosion on the road on Wednesday.

Over five vehicles were completely burnt in the road crash and eyewitnesses say some of the victims include students of Kogi Polytechnic.

Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Kogi State, Idris Fika, said at least 23 bodies had been pulled from the wreckage.

Following the incident, Bello visited the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on the need for the Nigerian Government to fix the road and others across the state.

His spokesperson, Onogwu Muhammed, in a statement said the governor told the minister that the deplorable state of all federal roads across the state have led to recurrent accidents in the state.

The statement reads, “He said the state government has done a lot in maintaining the roads but owing to the large volume of traffic on the roads, in view of its strategic location as gateway state, such repairs and maintenance do not stand the test of time.

“He appealed to the minister to expedite action in carrying out reconstruction of roads across the state to curtail the preventable accidents on the road.

“The governor appealed to the minister to direct contractors handling repairs on the Murtala Bridge at Jamata to speed up the rate of work, noting that the slow pace of work has caused the commuters untold hardship.

“Bello informed the minister that he had to personally be on ground on the Lokoja -Abuja road on July 26 to help other agencies to control the traffic gridlock caused on the Lokoja-Abuja Road as a result of the damaged portion of the bridge.

“He equally urged the minister to direct the contractors handling the Kabba-Ilorin road to return to site, noting that the total neglect of the road in the area has made life unbearable for motorists and commuters plying the road.

“The governor also drew the attention of the minister to the Lokoja-Ganaja-Ajaokuta Road which the federal government awarded for over three years but contractors were yet to be seen on site.”

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Arrrrrrrh

Dam

People have not finish blaming Buhari for hardship, now Bello want to blame him for the tanker exploition.

Bubu is not trying, if road could have been better it Won't have happen. Well I don't know, God knows best!!

NwaNimo1:


I blame Buhari for Yahaya Bello,

Lol
How do you mean?

Truth be said, if u ply that edo-kogi-abuja road, it is the worst of the worst road in Nigeria.

Idiot Buhari purposely left it coz Igbos take that route home. Go to Bauchi-Potiskum-damaturu road, u can virtually sleep on steering while driving coz of the perfect state of the road. This is a stretch of road that has no absolute traffic. Useless Bulhary is busy building roads in the north while the south is hugely neglected.

imagine!! an incompetent governor blaming an incompetent president

See oh

Perhaps even the most useless youthful governor have seen that the blame game of the clueless government is becoming stale.

What is it with this party and blame games sef, abi the visa ban has addled this young man’s brain cells?
Are the Senators & Reps u struggled for during the elections not supposed to be the ones using their influence to bring the condition of that road to the FG’s attention?
How many times in a year does the president ply that road for u to blame him?

The Federal Government recently approved huge funds for the construction of railway tracks from Kano to Niger Republic.

Of what economic value will this project yield for Nigeria?