The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed the Dangote Group drivers not to ply any road in Nigeria from the hours of 7 pm to 7 am in what is a reaction to the incessant road crashes involving the company’s trucks.
YaahooJournalist learned that the decisions were reached after a meeting between the road agency and the conglomerate.
A statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said the meeting was 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.
Kazeem said the agency threatened to impound any truck belonging to the firm violating this directive.
The statement reads: “Dangote Trucks not allowed to drive from 7 pm to 7 am, any of the company’s truck found around that time will be impounded at sight,” the statement said.
“Foreign number plates on the company’s trucks to be replaced with Nigeria Number Plates before 31 December, 2019,” adding that, “Periodic and random driver’s eye check should be conducted for the fleet drivers.”
Also, FRSC ordered that “All Dangote trucks to be fully installed with Speed Limiting Device before December 31, 2019,” while the company is expected to “provide details of any driver who commits traffic infraction to FRSC for subjection to Emotional Stability Test.”
YaahooJournalist reports that Dangote is further required 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,” while “FRSC and Dangote Group [are] to commence a joint effort to ensure that all abandoned or broken down Dangote Trucks are towed within the next 30 days commencing from September 18 to October 17, 2019,” with all Dangote trucks expected “to have at least a mini first aid box.”
