Lagos truck ban: NANS urges FRSC to
restrict trailers’ movement on highways

By Abiodun Badejo on September 8, 2015

The National Association of Nigerian Students
(NANS) has urged the Federal Road Safety
Commission, FRSC, to emulate the Lagos State
Government on its newly introduced policy on the
restriction of trailers and long vehicles’ movement
between 6am to 9pm.

The students, who recently staged a protest along
Ilesha-Akure expressway over the incessant killings
of travelers, particularly students on the highways
by the truck drivers, commended the Governor of
Lagos State, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode for banning
truck movement during the day time.

NANS, in a statement issued and signed by its
Vice President on National Affairs, Comrade Ayenuro Timilehin Gbenga
lamented over the numbers of people the
Truck drivers had allegedly killed due to their
reckless driving.


The statement read, “NANS commends the Lagos
State Government for the enforcement of the
Section 2 (i) and 2 (ii) of the Road Traffic Law 2012
which empowers the Lagos State Government to
restrict trailers and articulated vehicles from plying
the metropolis between 6am and 9pm to prevent
accidents.
“The unprecedented rate of ghastly accidents
involving trailers and articulated vehicles, which
had led to the untimely death of countless Nigerian
students and youths in recent times had become
untenable.
“NANS will not fold its hand as productive Nigerian
students and youths, who are capable of
contributing immensely to the productivity of the
Nigerian economy, are being crushed to their early
and avoidable graves.
“NANS is using this medium to task the Federal
Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to toe the line of
reason and emulate the Lagos State Government by
banning trailers and articulated vehicles from
plying major highways between 6am and 9pm. The
recent killings of Nigerian students and youths,
caused by heavy duty vehicles, are still fresh in our
hearts.
“NANS will not resist resorting to another
nationwide protest to press home our sacrosanct
demand: ‘the ban on trailers and articulated
vehicles from plying major highways between 6am
and 9pm nationwide."

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Cool

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i trust the lagiosians to keep mute on this
that is not just the solution to the problem

visit my signature

Toor!!!

MISSNORA:
Nice if u ask me

How is it nice? how are they going to get to destination if all states ban them from highways during the day? or are they going to get to abuja from lagos in just 1 night?
if i were their chairman,i'd just go on strike and fuel scarcity will force the Lagos government to change this stupid decision