Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi has said that 181 persons died from the October 15 fuel tanker explosion in the state.
According to Namadi, 80 people were hospitalised while 210 families were affected by the incident.
The governor stated this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa.
The governor said he met the president to welcome him from his annual leave and to brief him on the tanker explosion.
“I felt it is important to come and brief the president on what we are doing as government and also thank him for sending a delegation immediately the incident happened.
“This action taken by Mr President has been appreciated by the people of Jigawa.
“So, I felt I should come to thank him for doing that and also to brief him on the situation; where we are and what we are trying to do,” said Namadi.
He said that the state government had paid the medical bills of all the people hospitalised and carried out a lot of interventions to bring succour to the affected families.
“Mr President has promised to intervene and assist the victims.
“The state government has already established a high-powered committee, headed by a retired DIG, to find out the remote cause and advise the government.
“You should also remember that Mr President gave a directive immediately to the Corps Marshal to investigate the matter and come up with a permanent solution to this problem (tanker explosions) in the country,” he said.
