By Sunny Anderson Osiebe
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has expressed shock over the death of football fans through electrocution at a viewing centre
in Calabar, the Cross River State capital and described the incident as tragic.
Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, commiserated
with the immediate families
of the victims, the government and people of Cross River State and
football enthusiasts across the country over the sad incident.
While calling on
local and state government authorities to ensure that football viewing
centers and other public spaces are made safe and conducive across the
country, he urged the Cross River State government
to ensure that the recommendations of its Commission of Inquiry
empaneled to investigate is not only made public but implemented to
prevent a repeat occurrence.
He commended the
prompt response of the Cross River State government and other relevant
emergency agencies to the sad occurrence while praying for the repose of
the souls of those who lost their lives,
and quick recovery for the injured.
"This is clearly an unfortunate and avoidable loss of precious young
Nigerians. As a government, we have a duty to ensure that our citizens
are safe and protected, whether during leisure hour or work period. We
must ensure that what is necessary to make our
people secured in both public and private spaces is given the deserved
priority at all times," he said.
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