Consequently, the Senate has mandated its Senator Sabo Muhammed, APC, Jigawa South West led Committee on Petroleum Downstream and Senator James Manager, PDP, Delta South led Senate Committee on Gas Resources to carry out a holistic investigation into the remote and immediate causes of these explosions with a view to prevent reoccurrence. The Lagos State Government has reportedly lost at least N234 million to the closure of tollgates as a result of the #EndSARS protests. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The Senate has begun a probe into the massive gas explosion occurred at Cele Bus Stop, Iju-Ishaga in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. In his opening remarks at the plenary on Tuesday, Gbajabiamila said, “I will not sign off on a 2021 budget that does not have adequate provisions to compensate those who have suffered violence from police in the last decade. It stated, “There have been reports of shooting at the Lekki Toll Plaza, following the 24-hour curfew imposed on Lagos State to stop criminals, who hid under the #EndSARS protests to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens. This is due to the raging #EndSARS protests and demonstrations in the state which has been hijacked by criminals and hoodlums, with attacks on innocent citizens and destruction of properties. He promised some measures to address the problem of police brutality in the country which includes drafting new legislation that enables a system to hold erring police officers to account for their conduct in the performance of their duties. The breakdown of the fares includes; READ: Dala Inland Dry Port set to take off after N2.3 billion investment – Kano Govt. “You have raised your voices and marched to demand a better Nigeria. READ our Privacy-policy and cookie policy. He remarked further: “We will suspend plenary on Tuesday for the budget defense processes to start immediately”. READ: FG to inject over N198 billion on capital projects in power sector in 2021, Commenting on both bills, Mr. Lawan said: “On Tuesday, we will be taking the debate on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Gbajabiamila noted that the Federal Government, through the National Human Rights Commission, had set up a panel of inquiry to take complaints from victims of police brutality. July 15, 2020. According to him, the Senate “Further notes that just about two weeks later on October 10, 2020, a similar gas explosion occurred at Candos Road, Baruwa, Ipaja-Ayoba, Alimosho LGA when an LPG Tanker in process of discharging gas at a gas plant exploded from sparks of a running power generator in the plant; “Regrets that in this second tragic incidence 18 lives including a father and child were lost with scores sustaining injuries while 25 houses and 16 lock-up shops fill with good worth millions of naira were burnt; “Aware that the Tanker Owners Association in Nigeria estimates that over 80% of all articulated vehicles as the ones involved in these incidents lack safety protocol requisite to their operations and plying of public roads; “Further aware that there has been a recurrence of similar explosions in recent times in the same senatorial district as happened in 2016, 2018 (Abule-Egba), 2019 (Abule – Egba) 2020 (Ijegun), 2020 (Ile-Epo, Oke-Odo) and Abule Ado.”, Senator Adeola said that the Upper Chamber is “Worried that Nigerians living and conducting legitimate businesses in my densely-populated senatorial district now live in justifiable fear of not only losing their lives or those of love ones from these frequent explosive fire disasters but also their properties and investments.”, He said that the Senate “Commends officers and men of LASEMA, Lagos State and Federal Fire Services, Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps and ordinary Nigerians on their prompt roles in putting out the inferno resulting from these explosions and mitigating its spread as well as rescuing victims.”. The National Assembly has fixed the deadline for the 2021 budget defense in the red chamber by MDAs to be the first week of November 2020.
However, since the protests started, the Lekki tollgate has been completely shut, while the Ikoyi one has been left permanently open for people to use without payment”.
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