Tuesday 18 February 2014

Road accidents: Fashola reads riot act to truck owners, drivers


Following the spate of road crashes in Lagos state, Governor Babatunde Fashola has called on the truck drivers and operators to embrace better business model and be safety conscious while driving.
Addressing the truck/articulated vehicles operators, Fashola lamented that in spite of the Lagos Road Traffic Law 2012, the truck drivers had remained the major causes of accidents in the state.
Governor Fashola, however urged the operators to cooperate with the state government in order to enjoy government's policies, adding that the policies are meant to improve living condition of everyone in the state.
Earlier in his remarks, the Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa said the road accidents involving the truck call for urgent actions to be taken, saying the meeting was designed to find a lasting solution to the road crashes caused by the articulated vehicles.

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