The House of Representatives have passed a resolution yesterday directing the he National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide relief materials to the victims of the recent electrocution incidence at a football viewing centre in Calabar.

It further directed the agency to take inventory of damages caused with a view to assisting the victims who are still receiving treatment at the hospitals.

The House also called on town planning and regulatory agencies to strictly enforce regulations and ensure that buildings are not raised under high tension cables to avoid similar occurrence.

On April 20, football fans assembled at a viewing centre in Ngakassang Atimnbo, Calabar, to watch the Europa Football match between Manchester United Football Club and the Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht.

However, in the course of the match, a nearby transformer exploded, causing one of the high tension cables connected to the transformer to snap and fall on the zinc of the viewing centre and in the process, electrocuted over 30 people, with several others sustaining various degrees of injury from the fire occasioned by the incident.

Noting that many other transformers dotting the landscape of various cities are not properly maintained, posing tragedies waiting to happen, the House further mandated the Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness to visit the community and make recommendations within two weeks on how to prevent reoccurrence.

A minute silence was observed at plenary in honour of those who lost their lives in the infamous incident.