Pipeline Explosion: Lawmaker Urges Remediation Of Environment

The Lawmaker representing Oyigbo State Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Promise Nwankwo, has called for a comprehensive clean-up exercise at the site of the recent pipeline explosion at Kom Kom in Oyigbo Local Government Area.
Hon Nwankwo, who said this during the Adhoc committee’s meeting at the Assembly Complex in Port Harcourt said that the area to which was devastated by the explosion must be comprehensively cleansed.
The lawmaker regretted that the explosion has led to massive pollution of the kom kom environment and called on the committee to do a good job by prevailing on the authorities concerned to cleanup the area.
He also expressed confidence that the committee will comeout with recommendation that will improve the lots of victims of the explosion.
Aton Nwankwo also criticsed the pipeline product marking company (PPMC) for its failure to keep the pipeline in order and called on the people to remain calm and assist the committee with relevant information to resolve the problem.
It would be recalled that the explosion led to the death of over 40 persons.

Emmanuel Daniel