Governor Willie Obiano has set up a panel to investigate the cause or causes of the Upper Iweka Onitsha road accident which killed at least seven people and injured many
A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment Mr C-Don Adinuba said the Panel will also advise the state government on measures to take to avoid a similar occurrence.
It disclosed that the panel will be headed by the Honorable
Commissioner for Transport,while the Members include the Commissioner
for Health, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, the
Commandant of the Anambra State Traffic Management Agency, the state
Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps and a representative
of the Nigeria Police Force.
It disclosed that the members will submit their report within one week.
The
statement noted that the fatal accident which occurred on
Wednesday, March 13, is the second major road accident on Upper Iweka
Road, Onitsha, in four years and recalled that In June, 2015, the driver
of a tanker carrying premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol,
lost control of his vehicle and rammed it into the Asba Motor Park,
killing 69 persons, mostly street traders and hawkers as well as
travellers.
It pointed out that the number of casualties in the March 13 accident would perhaps have been as high as that of four years ago but for the state government policy prohibiting street trading and hawking in busy places in the state like Upper Iweka Road in Onitsha.
The statement said Governor while commiserating with the victims and their families ,directed that the survivors should be given the best medical attention as Anambra State Government would bear the cost
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