The Nigerian Senate has urged the Federal Road Safety Corps, the Nigerian Police and all other relevant security agencies to cooperate with Lagos state and other states in ensuring that drivers of articulated vehicles comply with traffic rules.

The upper chamber during the plenary on Wednesday also urged the police to work in conjunction with the FRSC to carry out a thorough investigation on what led to the ‎accident of a petrol tanker that led to an inferno on the Otedola bridge in Lagos state

This was sequel to a point of order raised by lawmaker representing Lagos East, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, who cited orders 42 and 52, to draw the attention the Senate to the unfortunate accident of a petrol tanker that led to an inferno on the Otedola bridge in Lagos East Senatorial district.

Lawmakers who lent their voice to the debate proposed the creation of underground pipelines to move the petrol ‎‎and creation of trailer parks‎ to avoid future occurrences.

Consequently, the Senate appealed to Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and the State Government to accelerate the development of trailer parks and installation of way bridges to manage the trailer movement on the roads. ‎

‎The Red Chamber then urged its relevant Committees to invite the FRSC and NNPC with a view to proffering the best way out.

A‎ minute silence was also observed in memory of those who died on Thursday, 28th June 2018.‎‎