PAGG Demands Compensation for Oluku Fire Victims

The People Assembly for Good Governance (PAGG) has called on the Edo state government to provide compensation to traders whose shops and goods were destroyed in the Oluku tanker fire. The group expressed sympathy for the families of victims and emphasized the need for urgent repairs of roads across the state to prevent further accidents.

PAGG urged Governor Monday Okpebholo to relocate traders near the Benin-Lagos Expressway to safer locations and to establish well-equipped fire service stations in all 18 local government areas of the state. In a statement signed by national chairman Dr Samson Isibor and national secretary Hon. Chukwuemeka Nkama, the organization criticized the state government for inadequate public safety infrastructure, particularly the lack of a fire service station in Oluku.

They attributed the tanker incident to poor road conditions and called for concrete measures to address safety concerns, stating that compensating affected traders would help them rebuild their businesses and recover their livelihoods.