reacted to the tanker fire at popular Otedola Bridge in Lagos, which
claimed many lives.
In a sober post on his Instagram page, Ali Baba highlighted the
inefficiencies and weaknesses of the Nigerian society, which caused
the fatal oil tanker explosion.
He noted that nothing will change those negatives to positives unless
citizens and government work together.
The ace comedian wrote: "In organized societies, where traffic is a
major issue, tankers and heavy duty vehicles move at night or at
specified times.
"In developed climes, MOT agencies… are as serious as the police
force. In some other climes, that have deep shores like we do, only
one port can not be used for discharge of staples like fuel, and even
then, fuel and transportation of inflammable contents are done in
controlled methods.
"We are a lawless country. If government tries to organize these same
tankers now, they will go on strike, shut down the economy and day to
day running, and we will let them continue. Same thing with teachers…
try to get them to go get retrained and be Twitter qualified to teach,
they will strike and we are back to status quo.
"We do not punish people who even chop monies meant for projects.
Projects that have been captured in the budget and monies released.
The same people who chop the monies will now be in the ruling party
and to prosecute them becomes a No No. And as nothing is done to them
another person will do it.
"Just imagine. Nigerians died today because of avoidable precautions
and failure to create policies and laws that have consequences that
could have deterred that tanker from being on that road.
"But no, lawmakers don't care. The Executives 'no send' and the
JUDICIARY is not jailing them. Bet me, more tankers will fall. Nothing
will be done. Nothing."
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