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Home»Abule Ado Explosion: Lagos Launches N2bn Relief Fund For Victims, Releases N250m

Abule Ado Explosion: Lagos Launches N2bn Relief Fund For Victims, Releases N250m

The Gazelle NewsBy The Gazelle NewsMarch 16, 2020No Comments5 Mins Read
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has set up a high-profile committee to investigate the remote and immediate cause of the Sunday morning explosions that ripped through Abule Ado and Ado Soba towns in Amuwo Odofin area of the State, which left a large-scale destruction in its trail, The Gazelle News.com reports.

Also, The Gazelle News.com reports that the Governor has launched a N2 billion relief funds for the victims of the tragic incident. This medium also reports that the state government has ordered the immediate release of N250 million into the fund.

The Governor stated that this is needed to provide succour for the victims.

Gov. Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and members of the State Executive Council were at the scene of the explosions on Monday, 16 March, 2020 to meet with victims and take stock of the assets destroyed.

The Governor, who described the incident as “a disturbing development”, constituted a fact-finding Committee to immediately launch an investigation into the remote cause of the explosion.

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The committee, to be chaired by both Dr. Hamzat and the state Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, has 14 days to submit its findings.

Besides, Sanwo-Olu announced a N2 billion Emergency Relief Fund for the victims of the explosion. He said the State Government would immediately release N250 million into the Funds to provide instant relief for those affected by the explosion.

There have been conflicting reports in the media as to what led to the explosion. But, Sanwo-Olu urged members of the public to wait for the outcome of the committee’s findings, cautioning residents against sharing unconfirmed information that could raise Panic.

The Governor promised the State Government would unravel the root cause of the explosion, adding that recommendations from the investigation would be implemented to prevent re-occurrence of the incident.

He said: “On behalf of the Government, I commiserate with families that lost their loved ones, students that lost their teacher and everyone in this neighbourhood who lost their means of livelihood. My visit to the scene of the explosion this morning is not to apportion blame for the sad incident.

“We want to first express condolences to the families of our citizens that have lost their lives, and all our citizens that have their properties and good destroyed extensively. I confess I have never seen any destruction of this magnitude before in the State. It is rather unfortunate.

“As a responsible government, we are immediately setting up a fact-finding mission as to the remote cause of this incident. We are setting up a panel that will start work from today and will need to give us a report in the next two weeks. It is an inter-governmental and multi sectoral committee that will be headed by the Deputy Governor and Commissioner for Special Duties as co-chairman.”

Other members of the committee, according to Sanwo-Olu, include: the state Commissioner for Education; her counterparts in Finance, Physical Planning, and Environment, Permanent Secretaries of the state ministries of Health, Works and Infrastructure, state Commissioner of Police, and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security.

Others are: the Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, representatives of Community Development Association (CDA) and Community Development Committee (CDC), representative of Bethlehem Girls College, representatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),

National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and representative of the host community.

Sanwo-Olu described the level destruction in Abule Ado and Ado Soba as “monumental”, saying the resources to be appropriated in helping the victims to rebuild their lives were beyond what a single Government could undertake on its own.

He said: “The process of rebuilding this place is beyond what the Government, either at the national level or state, can also undertake on its own. Given the level of destruction, I am immediately setting up what I have called an Abule Ado/Ado Soba Emergency Relief Fund. It is a N2 billion relief fund and the state government will immediately be putting N250 million in that fund. Three banks have opened accounts for the Fund.

“Setting up this Fund is to give everybody the opportunity to be part of rebuilding this place and to be able to donate into it. The utilisation of funds, which will be headed by the Deputy Governor, will also be part of the responsibility that the fact-finding committee will be saddled with. To show our commitment to helping the victims recover, we have three bank account numbers already.

“Polaris Bank with the account number 4030017510, and name Abule Ado Emergency Relief Fund. Also, Zenith Bank, with the same account name the account number 1017184516 and Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank, with account number 0568615688. Well-meaning Nigerians and corporate organisations that wish to support us on this journey have any of these three banks to donate.”

The relief funds, Sanwo-Olu said, would help the Lagos Government to offset the victims’ medical bills and re-settle displaced people before rebuilding activities start.

Sanwo-Olu said he would be meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari later on Monday to brief him on the incident, stressing that Lagos required the cooperation and support of the Federal Government in dealing with the situation.

The Governor also ordered Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) to commence immediate clean-up of the explosion site.

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