According to Punch Metro,
the Federal Road Safety Corps has said that it has not banned Dangote trucks
and motorists from embarking on night journeys.
The Federal Road Safety
Corps has reacted to claims that it has banned Dangote trucks and other
motorists from night journeys.
The Corps’ Public Education
Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem said this while clarifying a story attributed to him on
the subject matter to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.
It was reported that the
commission and Dangote Group had agreed that the company’s trucks will not ply
roads at night.
According to Kazeem, FRSC
never announced that it will stop Dangote vehicles from plying roads in the
country from 7:00 p.m to 7:00 a.m. It was advisory.
“FRSC did not say Dangote
vehicles shall be impounded after 7:00 p.m.
“The commission never said
so. We were quoted out of context that we will impound their vehicles.
“We usually have safety
meetings with Dangote group and others
“One of such meetings was
held on Tuesday where far-reaching decisions were made and nothing was said
that we were going to impound their vehicles.”
Kazeem explained that the
FRSC did not have powers to impound vehicles at night saying that there was no
law that said that the commission could restrict vehicles.
He further said that what
the commission could do was to only highlight dangers of night journey.
Reports had it that the
Corps had tasked the group on prompt removal of broken-down vehicles and the
need to intensify efforts towards achieving professionalism in the recruitment,
training and certification of its drivers.
Kazeem quoted the Corps
Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi as directing that all Dangote trucks be fully
installed with Speed Limiting Device before Dec. 31.
“Dangote to provide details
of any driver who commits traffic infraction to FRSC for subjection to
Emotional Stability Test
“The Company to provide
details of any driver who runs away after a crash to FRSC for flagging on the
database so as to track such drivers.
“Foreign number plates on
the company’s trucks to be replaced with Nigeria Number Plates before December
31.”
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