The House demanded that the Federal Government establishes a fire service in Onitsha. It also mandated the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to send relief materials to victims.
The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Okwudili Christopher Ezenwankwo and two others at yesterday’s plenary, on the “urgent need to look into the fire incident that took place at Upper lweka/Ochanja Market in Anambra State.”
Hon. Ezenwankwo, in his motion, expressed deep grief over the October 16 accident involving a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) which fell in Onitsha and ignited fire outbreak.
He said two days after, another tanker loaded with PMS also fell at the Enugu-Onitsha expressway and ignited another fire outbreak.
The lawmaker stated that the fire outbreak at Upper lweka/Ochanja Market claimed about six lives, while about 30 vehicles, over 50 houses and over 500 shops were razed down by the fire incident. Also, several persons sustained various degrees of injuries.
Ezenwankwo stated that the fire outbreak at Upper Iweka and Ochanja Market has rendered over two thousand people homeless and jobless.
Besides, after an assessment by NEMA, no concrete steps had been taken to ameliorate the suffering victims till date.
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