FRSC, PEF to partner to enforce strict safety standard on petroleum tanker operations

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says it will partner with the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) to ensure petroleum tankers strictly adhered with safety standards for haulage operation.

This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by Mr Sani Abdullahi, the Media Assistant to the FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye oyeyemi.

According to the statement, the decision for partnership is reached when the FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi led other officers to visit the Executive Secretary, PEF, Hajia Asabe Ahmed in her office in Abuja.

It stated that the FRSC team were on the visit as part of their consultations with key stakeholders on how to ensure safer road environment for haulage operations in the country.

“The two partners resolved to put more strict measures that could guarantee that the safety standards put in place are not compromised by tanker operators transporting petroleum products across the country.

 “The FRSC is concerned with the rate of human and material losses suffered in the various crashes recorded across some states in the country.

“The places presently affected are Onitsha in Anambra, Idimu and Iyana Ipaja in Lagos, Osogbo in Osun state.

“The FRSC has discovered that most of the crashes that occurred can be traced to poor mechanical status of the vehicles and lack of adherence to safety standards by the drivers.

“The commission is already consulting with relevant stakeholders on how to avert reoccurrence of such incidents and we acknowledge the strategic position of PEF in this area..