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BOBOYE Oyeyemi, corps marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has called on motorists in Nigeria to desist from the habit of stockpiling fuel during emergency periods of fuel scarcity. Oyeyemi said such action could lead to fire disaster considering serious health hazards it could cause in case of road crash.
In a statement released by Bisi Kazeem, a corps commander and head, Media Relations and Strategy of the Corps, the corps marshal had advised that it would be better to bear with the crunch of the moment than to stash up fuel in vehicles, whether commercial or private.
Kazeem stated that the Corps had noticed that the practice had become a trend among most commercial vehicle drivers during periods of fuel scarcity, adding that it was as a result of the development that Oyeyemi who was also urging passengers who notice such moves by their drivers to question it and reject travelling with the vehicles.
According to Kazeem, the corps marshal asserted that travelling with commercial vehicles that stock pile fuel does not only pose dangers in the event of a crash, but is also not healthy to breath in the petroleum emission that permeates the air in the vehicles they are stored while on transit.
Kazeem quoted the corps marshal as saying: “aside the fact that the product is flammable, not all passengers are healthy; some are asthmatic and cannot bear breathing gasoline in such airtight conditions.”
The statement, therefore, called on commercial drivers to protect the lives of their passengers by staying off those unethical standards of stockpiling fuel in their vehicles.
— Mar 9, 2016 @ 12:20 GMT
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