Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat has emphasized the need for Nigeria to have a uniform “Combustible Standard Law” securing tankers and effective vehicles to secure lives and property of the citizens, loss to fire and accidents involving such effective vehicles.
This was mentioned in a statement made known to newsmen and signed by the deputy governor Special Adviser on Media, Tunde Alao.
Speaking at the commissioning of the Aerial Hydraulic Platform Mercedes Benz Fire Truck of 54 metres working height, in Lagos yesterday, Dr. Hamzat, represented the Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed that 45 percent of petroleum products come to Lagos, with the outcome of trucks catching fire destroying lives and properties.
He disclosed there was a need for the state to work earnestly with the Federal Fire Service to make certain that the combustible standards are met before the truck loads.
According to him “life is the most important gift, without which nothing else matters, therefore fire that consumes lives and property is important to everyone of us”.
