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Tanker Drivers Urge FG To Rehabilitate Mokwa-Ilorin Road
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have urged the Federal Government to rehabilitate the Mokwa-Ilorin Road to curb the carnage on it.
The PTD Chairman, Gusau depot, Alhaji Muhammad Yaro-Shagari, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Gusau recently, said the call had become necessary because of the high rate of fatal accidents recorded daily as a result of the poor condition of the road.
“We lost many of our members to accidents on that road; the road is in a very bad condition.
“We are calling on the government to do something urgently in order to reduce the rate of people dying on it.”
The PTD chairman, however, advised tanker drivers to always avoid careless overtaking and over-speeding, and abide by traffic rules and regulations.
He warned that “any member found wanting will be sanctioned”.
Yaro-Shagari also called on the Federal Government to drop its proposed removal of fuel subsidy, pointing out that the policy would cause more hardship for Nigerians.
He urged the government to concentrate on the rehabilitation of the country’s four refineries.
The chairman said the Gusau depot had been closed for more than six years, noting that the situation had rendered no fewer than 1,000 PTD members idle.
He further called on the government to initiate programmes and policies that would improve the wellbeing of the citizens.