The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, on Wednesday, stormed the national headquarters of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Employers (NUPENG-PTD) to seek proactive action toward tackling the recent spate of tanker crashes in Nigeria.

The visit was a prelude to the forthcoming critical stakeholders’ meeting organized at the expense of the Corps Marshal to discuss possible ways of addressing the challenges confronting the safety of lives and property in the road transportation sector of the country.

While appreciating the support the Corps has received over the years from the Union, the Corps Marshal emphasized the greater need for more collaboration and partnership, especially in the areas of training and retraining of Petroleum Tanker Drivers and complying with minimum safety standards in haulage operations.

The National Chairman of the Union, Augustine Egbon, who received the Corps Marshal, commended FRSC’s proactive approach toward enhancing safety in haulage operations in Nigeria.

He accepted the need for more collaboration with the Corps in the area of training and retraining and further expressed the readiness of the Union to support the Corps through mass media sensitization campaigns.

The visit, among other things, forms part of the Corps Marshal’s ongoing effort to ensure that all stakeholders play a critical role in enhancing safety on the nation’s highways.

The meeting included members of the Management of the Corps, as well as the Deputy National Chairman of the Union, Alhaji Shuaibu Leba, the National Trustee of NUPENG-PTD, Otunba Salmon Akanni Oladiti, and other Excos of the Union.

THE GUARDIAN