{"id":377867,"date":"2017-11-27T06:23:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T06:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=377867"},"modified":"2017-11-27T06:25:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T06:25:31","slug":"state-went-to-sleep-after-june-3-disaster-bureau-of-public-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/state-went-to-sleep-after-june-3-disaster-bureau-of-public-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"State went to sleep after June 3 disaster – Bureau of Public Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Bureau of Public Safety which has leaked the recommendations of the five-member committee that investigated the June 3 fire and flood disaster, is\u00a0urging the government to review all recommendations from disaster reports since 2012.<\/p>\n
It said in a statement that \u201cState institutions responsible for instituting corrective actions (by implementing recommendations) have either failed to discharge themselves fully or have simply gone to sleep after the caskets were closed and the flags flying half masts were lifted.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”TnAPdRiqJNTGc7eINLW2UBBvOKyvBtdG”]It thus urged the government to revisit all accident investigation reports since 2012 “to review and evaluate recommendations submitted.”<\/p>\n
The group added that, this will ensure the\u00a0implementation “of corrective measures proposed by the various investigation teams.”<\/p>\n
154 lives were lost as a result of the June 3 fire and flood disaster, with over 150 persons also injured in the incident.<\/p>\n
But it took over two years for the government to put its foot down on a matter such as the risky siting of fuel filling stations.<\/p>\n
In October 2017, the government announced some key interventions, among which fuel stations deemed high-risk across the country were to be shut-down and the construction of petrol\/diesel and\u00a0LPG filling points halted.<\/p>\n