KEBBI GOVT DONATES 10 HILUX VEHICLES TO BOOST SECURITY ON SOKOTO–BADAGRY SUPER HIGHWAY. (PHOTOS).

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 Kebbi Govt Donates 10 Hilux Vehicles to Boost Security on Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway  The Kebbi State Government has handed over 10 brand-new Hilux vehicles to the Federal Ministry of Works to strengthen security for personnel working on the Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway project. The vehicles were formally received by the Minister of State for Works, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, who praised Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasiru Idris (Kauran Gwandu), for the donation. Goronyo described the gesture as a clear demonstration of the state government’s commitment to protecting workers and contractors on the strategic highway corridor. He explained that the vehicles will be deployed exclusively to security operatives providing cover for construction teams along the section of the super highway passing through Kebbi State. The Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway is a multi-state infrastructure project aimed at improving connectivity and economic activities across northern and southern Nigeria. More...

COVID-19: FRSC ARRESTS 396 VEHICLES FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING VIOLATION.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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    The Federal Road Safety Corps has arrested a total of 396 vehicles conveying over 2,422 passengers in the general operation area of its 12 Zonal Commands across the country, for indiscriminate violation of Presidential directives on physical distancing in vehicles.
According to Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer who made this, the highest number of arrests were recorded in the following states; Rivers, Enugu and Kwara. While Ekiti and Niger States recorded the least number of arrests.
He gave the breakdown of the arrests as Rivers 67, Enugu 48, Kwara 47, Sokoto 37, Adamawa 36, Delta 31 and Oyo 23.
Others are; Kaduna and Bauchi with 16 arrests each, Ebonyi 14 while each of Lagos and Ondo recorded a total of 11 arrests respectively.
Accordingly, Ekiti state where the least number of arrest was successfully carried out recorded 1 arrest while Niger followed suit with 2 arrests.
Kazeem also said that from the data made available by the 12 Zonal Commands, it was gathered that out of the 396 vehicles arrested, 343 were impounded for conveying a total of 2,442 passengers which completely violates the physical distancing order while the remaining 63 vehicles were arrested for overloading the vehicles with goods.
In order to ensure that the maximum precautionary measures are adhered to in those vehicles, the Corps Public Education Officer revealed that, out of the 2442 commuters, a total of 927 were discharged from the vehicles to make room for spacing and distancing amongst the passengers.
Consequently, Kazeem quoted the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi as sayimg that the Corps is deeply committed to doing everything within its operational powers to help the PTF bring down the curve of the rising pandemic in the country and enforcing compliance in this regard is key to curtailing the spread of the virus.
He charged the Commanding Officers to sustain the tempo and intensify efforts to ensure that motorists are compelled to comply with Presidential directives on both the social distancing and inter states border restrictions on movement.
He however called on the motoring public to avoid boarding overloaded vehicle at all times and also warned commercial drivers to desist from such violations or face the wrath of the law.
Niger state gets new FRSC sector commander

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