Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial District at the National Assembly has mourned nine teachers from Okitipupa Local Government Area killed in a road accident.
News Agency if Nigeria (NAN) reports that the teachers from Okitipupa travelling for a wedding ceremony lost their lives in a multiple car accidents at Ijebu-Ife on Saturday.
Tofowomo, in a statement through his media aide, Mr Olumide Akinrinlola, on Monday in Okitipupa, commiserated with the families of the bereaved.
The Senator, who was also recuperating from a ghastly motor accident, said that accidents were recently caused not only by human errors but bad roads too urging the federal government to urgently repair roads.
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“I mourn with the teachers from Okitipupa who lost their lives in a multiple motor accidents. I pray for the repose of their souls and commiserated with their families over the unfortunate incident.
“I also call on the federal government to as a matter of urgency rehabilitate roads to reduce accidents on our highways,’’ he said.
The senator, who was also the Senate Vice- Chairman on Transportation, however, said that he would sponsor a bill on speed limits of drivers to stem road accidents on highways especially during the “Ember Months’’.
