No fewer than 1,613 Nigerians died in different petroleum tanker explosions and disasters between June 2009 and October 2024 in Nigeria.

Chairman Senate committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) Babangida Hussaini stated this in an interview with The Nation in Jigawa State.

The Jigawa Northeast Senator explained in the period under review, many tragedies accidents occurred on roads which claimed lives and valuables items.

According to him: ?There is really no official figures as to the number of accidents and disasters from petroleum tanker explosion.

?From a personal research conducted there where 169 fuel tankers accidents which led the death of 1,613 innocent Nigerians?.

He said in searching for the lasting solution to the challenge, the senate plenary led the debates of the general principles of articulated vehicles safety regulations bill 2025.

?The bill was read for the first time in November 2024, the bill is make a provision of regulations and safety of articulated vehicles in line with the construction of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.

?One of the provisions of the bill is the aspect that sees to made it mandatory for vehicles to be inspected every six months in order to guarantee their road worthiness.

?This is necessary in the view of the facts that most of the accidents on our roads are caused by negligence of the vehicles owners or drivers whom most times could not takes road worthiness in to considerations as so long as they are moving,? he explained. (The Nation, excluding headline)

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