{"id":21559,"date":"2019-10-17T15:45:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=21559"},"modified":"2019-10-17T15:45:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:45:19","slug":"buhari-sad-over-onitsha-tanker-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=21559","title":{"rendered":"Buhari sad over Onitsha tanker explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of a mother and her child as a result of an oil tanker accident in Onitsha, in Anambra State.<br \/><br \/> Reacting to the incident on Wednesday, President Buhari said: &#8220;I am profoundly touched by the sight of the charred remains of an innocent mother and her child who are victims of this tragedy.&#8221;<br \/><br \/> According to the President, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Garba Shehu, &#8220;I also extend my sympathies to other victims of the explosion whose houses, shops and other property were destroyed in the mishap.&#8221;<br \/><br \/> The President explained that, &#8220;while I express sadness over this tragedy, I must at the same time call for urgent action on the part of those concerned to stem these frequent fatal disasters on public roads.&#8221;<br \/><br \/> According to him, &#8220;safety precautions and routine maintenance are taken for granted by vehicle owners.&#8221;<br \/><br \/> &#8220;I call on the Ministry of Transport, the Federal Road Safety Commission and other stakeholders to urgently address the issue of safety standards in the country, with a view to stemming the embarrassing frequency of these tragedies&#8221;, the President added.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of a mother and her child as a result of an oil tanker accident in Onitsha, in Anambra State. Reacting to the incident on Wednesday, President Buhari said: &#8220;I am profoundly touched by the sight of the charred remains of an innocent mother and her child [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}