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  • Rail line rehabilitation 90% completed, says minister

    Rail line rehabilitation 90% completed, says minister

    •Begins new shuttle service in Lagos

    The rehabilitation of the narrow gauge rail lines throughout the country are over 90 percent completed, the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has said.

    Umar, who spoke in his office, disclosed that the rehabilitation was the first phase of the 25-year strategic master plan for the Nigeria Railway. He said the overhaul would promote  efficiency.

    The resuscitation of the railway by the Jonathan administration, Umar added, has created over one million jobs, both directly and indirectly in the last four years.

    The minister said the jobs were created through the ongoing construction of new rail lines and the rehabilitation of existing ones which is a key component of the railway’s transformation agenda.

    He noted that tied with the railway transformation is the desire to reposition the nation’s economy for the overall benefit of Nigerians.

    He said: “When this rehabilitation is completed, the Nigeria Railway would be able to increase its efficiency and this will no doubt have positive impact on the state of transportation which is presently experiencing tension as a result of the pressure on the roads.”

    He said so much is taking place simultaneously in the railway subsector and when all eventually come on stream, the government would have been able to hand over to Nigerians, a modern, safe and reliable means of transportation in which they can be proud.

    He said development appeared to be on the slow pace in the sector because the sub-sector is capital intensive and most of the hardware and rolling stocks are produced strictly on demand.

    Meantime, the NRC has added a new Train Shuttle Service (TSS), to be known as “short – hop” between Ikeja and Apapa to its growing array of mass transit services.

    The service, which took off yesterday, November 10, will cost N400.

    A statement by Mr. Muyiwa Adekanmbi, the Ikeja District Public Relations Officer, said, the shuttle was designed to relieve passengers’ stress on the roads due to traffic snarl which usually characterise these two major bus terminals in Lagos State.

    Adekanmbi listed the various stopping stations along the route, to include Iganmu, Ebute – Metta Junction, Yaba, Mushin, Oshodi and Ikeja, when the take-off is from Apapa and vice-versa.

    He said: “The time schedule for the train service aimed at promoting individual or group bookings for a quick, stress-free and reduction in journey time trip from Ikeja at 12:45pm and 4:15pm, while the train is scheduled to take off at Apapa at 11:30am and 3:15pm.

    He said the service is meant for passengers intending to embark on a faster and time saving travel time from two of the most famous commercial hubs in Lagos.

    “This adds up as part of effort being put in place by the Management of the Corporation to relieve the stress intending passengers experience on our roads due to gridlock which characterise these two main points from where the train will be initiating and disembarking. This is also expected to help reduce congestions on Apapa road which constitute a major headache for users of that road following various reports from the public,” he said.

    The newly purchased Diesel Multiple Units (DMU) will be used for this service. The DMU have remarkable features such as air conditioner, enough leg room, and comfortable seats among other unique qualities. They were incorporated into the services of the NRC early this year.

  • ‘Safety on the road is everybody’s business’

    The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Coleman Wire and Cable Company, Mr. George Onafowokan, has called on corporate organisations and individuals to support the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to enhance safety of lives and property on the roads.

    Onafowokan made the plea at the official inauguration of the FRSC Sagamu Unit’s light project.

    He said: “Safety on the road is everyone’s business and it should not be left to one agency.”

    He urged corporate organisations, religious leaders, individuals and leaders of the various transport unions to sponsor workshops, train and sensitise drivers, , especially heavy duty drivers and other road users on road safety tips.

    Onofowokan who noted that 75 per cent of Nigerian drivers lacked adequate knowledge of safe driving and safety tips, said this ignorance contributes immensely to road crashes in the country.

    He appealed to the drivers to drive carefully and shun all form of indiscipline as the Christmas rushing draw close.

    The Sagamu Unit Commander, Mr Benedict Akunne, in his speech thanked Flakky Group of Companies and Coleman Cable and Wire Company, all in Ogun State, for spearheading the electrification of the unit’s office.

    He expressed joy that the command will soon begin to enjoy electricity, which it has lacked for several years.

    Akunne said: “This is the first time in the history of this command that we would operate with electricity since 2007.

    “Electrification has been quite elusive to the command, thereby reducing the operational quality and standard.”

    Akunne said the command would no longer work under stress and frustration, because of the kind gesture of the two companies adding that the electricity would improve the environment.

    The FRSC, Lagos and Ogun States Zonal Commanding Officer Mr. Godwin Ogagaoghene and Ogun State Sector Commander, Mr Adegoke Adetunji, praised the companies for the gesture.

    Ogagaoghene, urged more corporate organisation’s partnership with the Corps to tackle all indiscipline causing accidents on the roads.

    Ogagaoghene, said Nigeria can only overcome incessant crashes, if only everybody can be involved in tackling the lawlessness among the motorists.

  • ‘Install CCTV in garages, jetties’

    To strengthen security in all motor parks, garages and jetties and prevent attacks on innocent travellers, during and beyond the “Ember” months, stakeholders in the transportation sector have recommended the installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and other security gadgets by all states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for sustained and effective security surveillance.

    They said such devices, strategically installed in all motor parks, garages and jetties, would help stem the activities of terrorists who in recent times have targeted such public places, leaving on their trail wanton destruction of lives and properties.

    It called for the full implementation of the National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACTES) which was developed by the office of the National Security Adviser to reduce violent attacks, insecurity and unsafe transportation nationwide.

    In a communiqué issued at the end of the week-long 14th edition of the National Council on Transport (NCT), which held at the Nike Lake Resort, in Enugu State, they urged all levels of government to continue to fund and subsidise mass transit operations, and to develop an end- of-life vehicles management policy in their respective states.

    The Council which is the highest advisory body on transportation tasked the federal and state governments to ensure that all vehicles, including fleet vehicles owned by corporate organisations and used for commercial purposes are registered and a regular enumeration of such vehicles are carried out periodically to ensure safety and security of commuters.

    They approved a stakeholders committee headed by the Federal Ministry of Transport, with membership drawn from the states and the FCT, Federal Road Safety Corps and other agencies to standardise among others: the classification of drivers’ licence; regulation of driving school and the structuring of pre-licence theory and practical tests for learner.

    Others are the issuance of permits to driving schools, structuring of drivers’ training and the pre-licence tests of riders of motorcycles and tricycles as it obtains for motor drivers.

    They urged states to equip their Vehicle Inspection Offices (VIO) for effective and efficient performance.

    The council urged the Federal Government to collaborate with the states to ensure the dredging of the inland waterways in all states to accelerate and sustain the development of waterways as an efficient mode of transportation. They urged the states, FCT to provide enabling environment for the rapid and sustained development of inland water transportation in the country.

    This, they said, remained the sure way to integrate water transportation with other modes of transportation in order to enhance seamless movement of persons and goods.

    Financial institutions are encouraged to provide grants and loans to service providers in the water transport sub-sector for the development, modernisation and expansion of their fleet and other facilities in order to promote water transportation and reduce pressure on the nation’s roads.

    It urged all states to strictly enforce all existing laws on pollution to abate pollution of the waterways, even as it called on all relevant authorities to regularly remove ship wrecks and derelicts on the waterways.

    They urged the Federal Ministry of Transport to direct the Nigeria Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA), which is the authorised receiver of all wrecks on the nation’s waters to establish facilities for the breaking, recycling and processing of wrecks for wealth creation and employment generation.

    The council strongly advised the Federal Government to liaise and collaborate with states for the purpose of developing projects and programmes located in states and aimed at improving mass transportation.

    The council called on the Ondo State Government to collaborate with the Federal Government on the take-off of the Alape River Port in Ilaje Local Government to promote transportation and employment generation in the state.

    The council urged the establishment of a public transport system that underscores safety, security and efficient services.

  • Vacate all Federal roads, Fed Task Force orders LASTMA

    As it gears up to take over traffic management on all federal roads, the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P)/FERMA Federal Task Force has directed the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to vacate all federal roads in the state. It said any attack on his men may spark a row with the Federal Government.

    It said LASTMA should respect the 2004 court ruling which said that its jurisdiction does not extend to federal roads in the state.

    Speaking in his office last week, the National Coordinator of the Task Force Alhaji Abdulrazak Rafiu-Otto, said LASTMA should allow his officers and men to perform the duties for which they were employed. He stated that the men’s duties were the management and maintainance of traffic across all federal roads in Lagos and the recovery of all Federal Government properties and infrastructure in the state.

    Rafiu-Otto, who insisted that the Task Force has nothing against LASTMA, appealed that the latter stay off federal roads and concentrate efforts of its officers and men to ridding the state roads of the traffic gridlock that is intractable in the state. He said his agency would be willing to collaborate with LASTMA in the overall objective of riding the state of gridlocks.

    Wondering why the state government would raise a false alarm on the activities of his men, Rafiu-Otto said the agency was not illegal, as it was created by President Goodluck Jonathan as part of the SURE-P initiative which has provided jobs for thousands of Nigerian youths.

    He said there is no truth in the allegations that the Task Force is a band of political thugs recruited to prosecute the 2015 election, saying such claims was aimed at causing violence and confusion.

    He said “The officers recruited by the Federal Task Force are not thugs, but unemployed graduates and adults looking for a means of livelihood and they all appreciated that the empowerment is already yielding fruits.” He wondered why the Federal Government has not ejected them from its premises at the old toll gate site if they were illegal.

    He said arrangements are almost concluded to have President Jonathan inaugurate the Federal Task Force and deploy them to all federal roads across the country.

    “This would be perfected in a matter of weeks. What we are all waiting for is the necessary basic support from the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Security (DSS), the Civil Defence and all other security agencies to work with the newly established body,” Rafiu-Otto said.

  • Vacate all Federal roads, Fed Task Force orders LASTMA

    Vacate all Federal roads, Fed Task Force orders LASTMA

    As it gears up to take over traffic management on all federal roads, the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P)/FERMA Federal Task Force has directed the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to vacate all federal roads in the state. It said any attack on his men may spark a row with the Federal Government.

    It said LASTMA should respect the 2004 court ruling which said that its jurisdiction does not extend to federal roads in the state.

    Speaking in his office last week, the National Coordinator of the Task Force Alhaji Abdulrazak Rafiu-Otto, said LASTMA should allow his officers and men to perform the duties for which they were employed. He stated that the men’s duties were the management and maintainance of traffic across all federal roads in Lagos and the recovery of all Federal Government properties and infrastructure in the state.

    Rafiu-Otto, who insisted that the Task Force has nothing against LASTMA, appealed that the latter stay off federal roads and concentrate efforts of its officers and men to ridding the state roads of the traffic gridlock that is intractable in the state. He said his agency would be willing to collaborate with LASTMA in the overall objective of riding the state of gridlocks.

    Wondering why the state government would raise a false alarm on the activities of his men, Rafiu-Otto said the agency was not illegal, as it was created by President Goodluck Jonathan as part of the SURE-P initiative which has provided jobs for thousands of Nigerian youths.

    He said there is no truth in the allegations that the Task Force is a band of political thugs recruited to prosecute the 2015 election, saying such claims was aimed at causing violence and confusion.

    He said “The officers recruited by the Federal Task Force are not thugs, but unemployed graduates and adults looking for a means of livelihood and they all appreciated that the empowerment is already yielding fruits.” He wondered why the Federal Government has not ejected them from its premises at the old toll gate site if they were illegal.

    He said arrangements are almost concluded to have President Jonathan inaugurate the Federal Task Force and deploy them to all federal roads across the country.

    “This would be perfected in a matter of weeks. What we are all waiting for is the necessary basic support from the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Security (DSS), the Civil Defence and all other security agencies to work with the newly established body,” Rafiu-Otto said.

  • ‘Install CCTV in garages, jetties’

    ‘Install CCTV in garages, jetties’

    To strengthen security in all motor parks, garages and jetties and prevent attacks on innocent travellers, during and beyond the “Ember” months, stakeholders in the transportation sector have recommended the installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and other security gadgets by all states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for sustained and effective security surveillance.

    They said such devices, strategically installed in all motor parks, garages and jetties, would help stem the activities of terrorists who in recent times have targeted such public places, leaving on their trail wanton destruction of lives and properties.

    It called for the full implementation of the National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACTES) which was developed by the office of the National Security Adviser to reduce violent attacks, insecurity and unsafe transportation nationwide.

    In a communiqué issued at the end of the week-long 14th edition of the National Council on Transport (NCT), which held at the Nike Lake Resort, in Enugu State, they urged all levels of government to continue to fund and subsidise mass transit operations, and to develop an end- of-life vehicles management policy in their respective states.

    The Council which is the highest advisory body on transportation tasked the federal and state governments to ensure that all vehicles, including fleet vehicles owned by corporate organisations and used for commercial purposes are registered and a regular enumeration of such vehicles are carried out periodically to ensure safety and security of commuters.

    They approved a stakeholders committee headed by the Federal Ministry of Transport, with membership drawn from the states and the FCT, Federal Road Safety Corps and other agencies to standardise among others: the classification of drivers’ licence; regulation of driving school and the structuring of pre-licence theory and practical tests for learner.

    Others are the issuance of permits to driving schools, structuring of drivers’ training and the pre-licence tests of riders of motorcycles and tricycles as it obtains for motor drivers.

    They urged states to equip their Vehicle Inspection Offices (VIO) for effective and efficient performance.

    The council urged the Federal Government to collaborate with the states to ensure the dredging of the inland waterways in all states to accelerate and sustain the development of waterways as an efficient mode of transportation. They urged the states, FCT to provide enabling environment for the rapid and sustained development of inland water transportation in the country.

    This, they said, remained the sure way to integrate water transportation with other modes of transportation in order to enhance seamless movement of persons and goods.

    Financial institutions are encouraged to provide grants and loans to service providers in the water transport sub-sector for the development, modernisation and expansion of their fleet and other facilities in order to promote water transportation and reduce pressure on the nation’s roads.

    It urged all states to strictly enforce all existing laws on pollution to abate pollution of the waterways, even as it called on all relevant authorities to regularly remove ship wrecks and derelicts on the waterways.

    They urged the Federal Ministry of Transport to direct the Nigeria Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA), which is the authorised receiver of all wrecks on the nation’s waters to establish facilities for the breaking, recycling and processing of wrecks for wealth creation and employment generation.

    The council strongly advised the Federal Government to liaise and collaborate with states for the purpose of developing projects and programmes located in states and aimed at improving mass transportation.

    The council called on the Ondo State Government to collaborate with the Federal Government on the take-off of the Alape River Port in Ilaje Local Government to promote transportation and employment generation in the state.

    The council urged the establishment of a public transport system that underscores safety, security and efficient services.

  • ‘Safety on the road is everybody’s business’

    ‘Safety on the road is everybody’s business’

    The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Coleman Wire and Cable Company, Mr. George Onafowokan, has called on corporate organisations and individuals to support the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to enhance safety of lives and property on the roads.

    Onafowokan made the plea at the official inauguration of the FRSC Sagamu Unit’s light project.

    He said: “Safety on the road is everyone’s business and it should not be left to one agency.”

    He urged corporate organisations, religious leaders, individuals and leaders of the various transport unions to sponsor workshops, train and sensitise drivers, , especially heavy duty drivers and other road users on road safety tips.

    Onofowokan who noted that 75 per cent of Nigerian drivers lacked adequate knowledge of safe driving and safety tips, said this ignorance contributes immensely to road crashes in the country.

    He appealed to the drivers to drive carefully and shun all form of indiscipline as the Christmas rushing draw close.

    The Sagamu Unit Commander, Mr Benedict Akunne, in his speech thanked Flakky Group of Companies and Coleman Cable and Wire Company, all in Ogun State, for spearheading the electrification of the unit’s office.

    He expressed joy that the command will soon begin to enjoy electricity, which it has lacked for several years.

    Akunne said: “This is the first time in the history of this command that we would operate with electricity since 2007.

  • Rail line rehabilitation 90% completed, says minister

    •Begins new shuttle service in Lagos

    The rehabilitation of the narrow gauge rail lines throughout the country are over 90 percent completed, the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has said.

    Umar, who spoke in his office, disclosed that the rehabilitation was the first phase of the 25-year strategic master plan for the Nigeria Railway. He said the overhaul would promote  efficiency.

    The resuscitation of the railway by the Jonathan administration, Umar added, has created over one million jobs, both directly and indirectly in the last four years.

    The minister said the jobs were created through the ongoing construction of new rail lines and the rehabilitation of existing ones which is a key component of the railway’s transformation agenda.

    He noted that tied with the railway transformation is the desire to reposition the nation’s economy for the overall benefit of Nigerians.

    He said: “When this rehabilitation is completed, the Nigeria Railway would be able to increase its efficiency and this will no doubt have positive impact on the state of transportation which is presently experiencing tension as a result of the pressure on the roads.”

    He said so much is taking place simultaneously in the railway subsector and when all eventually come on stream, the government would have been able to hand over to Nigerians, a modern, safe and reliable means of transportation in which they can be proud.

    He said development appeared to be on the slow pace in the sector because the sub-sector is capital intensive and most of the hardware and rolling stocks are produced strictly on demand.

    Meantime, the NRC has added a new Train Shuttle Service (TSS), to be known as “short – hop” between Ikeja and Apapa to its growing array of mass transit services.

    The service, which took off yesterday, November 10, will cost N400.

    A statement by Mr. Muyiwa Adekanmbi, the Ikeja District Public Relations Officer, said, the shuttle was designed to relieve passengers’ stress on the roads due to traffic snarl which usually characterise these two major bus terminals in Lagos State.

    Adekanmbi listed the various stopping stations along the route, to include Iganmu, Ebute – Metta Junction, Yaba, Mushin, Oshodi and Ikeja, when the take-off is from Apapa and vice-versa.

    He said: “The time schedule for the train service aimed at promoting individual or group bookings for a quick, stress-free and reduction in journey time trip from Ikeja at 12:45pm and 4:15pm, while the train is scheduled to take off at Apapa at 11:30am and 3:15pm.

    He said the service is meant for passengers intending to embark on a faster and time saving travel time from two of the most famous commercial hubs in Lagos.

    “This adds up as part of effort being put in place by the Management of the Corporation to relieve the stress intending passengers experience on our roads due to gridlock which characterise these two main points from where the train will be initiating and disembarking. This is also expected to help reduce congestions on Apapa road which constitute a major headache for users of that road following various reports from the public,” he said.

    The newly purchased Diesel Multiple Units (DMU) will be used for this service. The DMU have remarkable features such as air conditioner, enough leg room, and comfortable seats among other unique qualities. They were incorporated into the services of the NRC early this year.

  • ‘Develop requisite knowledge’

    ‘Develop requisite knowledge’

    T he Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) has told its officers and men to be equipped with requisite best practices to promote the realisation of the Corps’ objectives.

    The RS 2.0 Lagos Zonal Commander, ACM Godwin Ogagaoghene gave the charge, at the third quarter retreat of the Federal Road Safety Corps,  held for senior officers of the Ogun State Sector Command  at Bezeer Hall, Sango Ota, Ogun State, last Tuesday.

    Speaking on the theme: “Improved regulatory and enforcement capacity: a panacea for incessant road traffic crashes in Ogun State,” Ogagaoghene, said the retreat is meant to generate ideas towards the implementation of the Corp’s  action plan to reduce road crashes across the country.

    According to him, the FRSC 2014 Corporate Strategic goal is to reduce road traffic crashes by 15per cent and its fatality by 25per cent.

    He canvassed stricter  enforcement of traffic rules and regulations to achieve the desired reduction in traffic crashes across the country.

    He advised the commanding officers to step up enforcement in their various commands, to eradicate accidents.

    The Ogun State Sector Commander, Mr Adegoke Adetunji, enjoined the officers to work harder and be transparent in the discharge of their duties.

    The guest speaker, a chief lecturer at the Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta, Dr Benjamin Edegbai, said bith the regular and the special marshals of the FRSC have the onerous responsibility of reducing crashes on the roads.

    He challenged them to be alive to their duty and protect lives and properties against crashes.

    He listed lack of resources, inadequate commitment, total absence or poor road facilities – such as markings, lighting, warning signs; deplorable habit of drivers, inadequate training, drug abuse, poor vision are responsible for most of crashes on the roads.

    These carnage, he added, can be significantly reduced if the regulatory and enforcement capacity of officers are improved upon.

  • FRSC goes tough on drink driving

    FRSC goes tough on drink driving

     

    • Proposes full enforcement to reduce crash rates

    Besides the N5,000  fine awarded any drunk driver, anyone caught driving under the influence of alcohol will have the vehicle impounded, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said.

    The Sector Commander of the RS2.1 Lagos Sector of the FRSC, Commander Hyginus Uche Omeje, stated this at a one-day workshop held for about 50 ‘ambassadors’ of the Don’t Drink and Drive (DDD) campaign held by the Nigeria Breweries Plc at its Iganmu training centre.

    The stakeholders were made up of the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Taxi Drivers and Cab Operators Association of Nigeria (TDCOAN), the media and Non Government Organisations (NGOs).

    Omeje, who was represented by the OperationalCommander in charge of the Surulere Zone, Commander Mrs. Olawumi Ramat Oyeniyi, said any driver caught with five percent alcohol in his or her bloodstream would be booked and may be barred from holding the steering until he becomes sober.

    She said the Corps was going hard on regulatory enforcement of all laws guiding road transportation to arrest cases of avoidable deaths and crashes on the roads.

    Mrs Oyeniyi said the Corps would deploy on all major corridors across the country, alcoholisers (breathlisers), to test drunk drivers with a view to ensuring that any driver regarded as a potential danger on the roads is pulled off before he causes accidents.

    She said besides being the highest contributory factor of accidents, alcohol should be avoided because of its negative health  implications.

    “What we are preaching is that driving and alcohol does not mix. If you want to drive, don’t drink. Drink that alcohol when you get to your destination. Be a responsible drinker,” Commander Oyeniyi said.

    In her lecture Responsible alcohol consumption, Dr. (Mrs) Oluchi Kanma-Okafor described alcohol as a depressant which slows down vital body functions.

    Mrs Kanma-Okafor said many drivers had resorted to alcohol in the wrong notion that it is a stimulant that could prevent them from sleeping on wheel.

    Describing alcohol as one of the top psychoactive substances commonly abused out of ignorance in the country, the medical practitioner said many consume alcohol and become dependent on the substance which alters their behaviour and induces sleep in them after “a momentary high.”

    She praised the Nigeria Breweries for sponsoring a culture of responsible drinking and urged drivers to cultivate the right attitude to alcohol consumption.

    “Skip that bottle if you can, but sip it and consume it over a long period of time if you can’t,” she advised drivers.

    She equally advised pregnant women to avoid alcohol in the interest of their babies.

    NB Plc’s CSR/Sustainability Manager Mrs Emete Tonukari, charged the ‘DDD ambassadors’ to see themselves as change agents and continue the education of their peers, friends, family members and associates to avoid drunk driving.

    She said the foremost brewer decided to preach “responsible alcohol consumption,” as part of its corporate social responsibility and in furtherance of its long term agenda to brew a better world, where empowering of the people is one of its three core pillars.

    She said besides the yearly campaign which would be taken to the six geo-political zones, the company as part of its strategic communications, has always included responsible drinking in all the marketing communications of all its beer brands.

    Mrs Tonukari said the company will be happy if the workshop’s lessons are taken to the town and more people become aware of the danger inherent in driving under the influence of alcohol.

    Earlier, the Corporate Affairs Adviser Mr Kufrie Ekanem, said it makes business sense for the company to preach responsible consumption of alcohol because it is interested in keeping its customers.

    “While  some people see it as contradictory for a beer producer to preach responsible drinking, we at the Nigeria Breweries know that the death of one person means the end of his business with us. So we want to keep you alive so that you can continue to enjoy our products.

    “We, therefore, want you to help us preach the message that you should drink responsibly and avoid driving under the influence of alcohol,” Ekanem said.

    President of the Safety Without Borders (SWB) Mr. Adenusi Patrick praised the company for focusing on commercial drivers at the workshop.

    “We know that the NURTW is the largest employer of labour in Nigeria and if we can get them as well as other operators in the transportation sector to support this initiative, we would have captured about 80 percent of the operators and users of our roads, leaving us with the other road users and even the pedestrians. The time has come for all hands to be on deck and one must commend the NB Plc for championing this campaign,” Adenusi said.