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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   Edo kerosene explosion victims petition US Ambassador By Luka Binniyat Wednesday, June 30, 2004 ABUJA — TWO hundred victims of the 2001 kerosene fire explosion in Edo State have petition the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell over their plight, accusing Edo State government of neglect and unaccountable use of monies donated for their welfare. The petition signed by Tony Erha and Mike Irabor on behalf of the Kerosene Explosion Victims Association (KEVA), charged that Edo State government has rejected an offer by the World Health Organisation (WHO), last year which agreed to carry out plastic surgery on the victims in the US free of charge if the state would pay the air fare of the victims, which was estimated at N26 million. According to the petition, even though the state government has collected not less than N37 million as donations from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and other donors, it refused the WHO offer, and instead, insists that the victims would be treated through surgery, at the Igbinedion Hospital, Okada, at a cost of N106 million for only fifty victims. The petition alleged that the state government is claiming to have paid the BEARS Foundation an upfront of N25 million for the job for surgeons from the United States to carry out the plastic surgery at Igbinedion hospital, with N85 million outstanding. KEVA is seeking the US government's intervention to bar her citizens from coming to Nigeria for the surgery since, according to it, Edo state has no honest intention to end their sufferings. KEVA also wants the Ambassador to put pressure on the Edo State government to accept the WHO offer which, according to it, is cheaper and more assuring. From January to June 2001, there were series of kerosene explosions in Edo State said to be caused by adulterated kerosene pumped by the NNPC.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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