Determined to curb all road accidents involving Dangote trucks, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has banned all Dangote trucks from the roads from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
FRSC warned that any Dangote truck found violating the ban will be impounded.
The ban was announced on Tuesday by the FRSC in a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem and made available to FrontPage.
Other stern restrictions against Dangote vehicles are that:
*All Dangote trucks to be fully installed with Speed Limiting Device before 31 December, 2019.
* 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 and prevent reissuance of NDL.
*FRSC and Dangote Group to commence a joint effort to ensure that all abandoned or broken down Dangote trucks are towed within the next 30 days commencing from 18 September to 17 October, 2019.
*All Dangote trucks to have at least a mini first aid box.
*Dangote trucks not allowed to drive from 7pm to 7am, any of the company’s truck found around that time will be impounded at sight.
*Foreign number plates on the company’s trucks to be replaced with Nigeria Number Plates before 31 December, 2019.
*Periodic and random driver’s eye check should be conducted for the fleet drivers.
Kazeem, spokesman of the FRSC said the ban was issued at a meeting with the group.
According to him, the measures were part of the ongoing concerted efforts by the Corps to reduce the rate of occurrence of crashes involving articulated vehicles and also ensure prompt removal of broken down vehicles on the highways.
The Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi who spoke extensively during the meeting, Kazeem said, lamented the spate of crashes involving Dangote trucks and called on the group to make the training, retraining and certification of drivers a major priority in the operation of their fleet.
“There is need for the company to be strict in its recruitment process for drivers; requirements such as age for both entry and retirement should be made a priority issue to avoid under age driving and maintain a fixed age for retirement.”
To achieve the aforementioned, Oyeyemi charged the group to establish more driving schools and also make it open to the public so that drivers and would-be-drivers could apply for training as that would go a long way in making the highways safer for all to use.
