The South-East Senate Caucus on Sunday expressed shock and sorrow over the multiple deaths caused by a fallen petrol tanker at Ugwu Onyeama in Enugu.
The caucus, which also expressed sadness over similar occurrence in Niger State last weekend, said through a statement by its leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe in Abuja, that the unfortunate incident has become one too many.
The senators noted that it is disheartening that Nigerians were being literarily roasted on the roads as a result of avoidable accidents and called on the relevant authorities to deploy immediately to nip future occurrences in the bud.
According to the caucus, it is sad that innocent people, particularly road users are now frequently caught up in an accident that smacks of total neglect of the nation’s highways by traffic managers.
“It’s sorrowful and very unfortunate that we will loose many of our people, whose total number is yet to be ascertained barely a week after similar incident in Niger State, which pain and shock Nigeria is yet to recover from.
“It is high time the traffic managers step up their game. The frequency of this accidents now constitutes a total embarrassment to the country. We can’t continue loosing our people this way,” the South-East senators said.
They extended their condolences to the victims families, as well as the governor, government and people of Enugu State.
