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FOLLOWING the incessant collapse of trucks carrying petroleum products in Anambra State in recent times, including one which happened in Onitsha on Thursday, October 31, the Anambra State Government has restricted the time, which vehicles laden with petroleum products can move in the state. With effect from Saturday, November 2, such vehicles can be allowed in Anambra State from only 8pm to 5am, a statement signed by C.Don Adinuba, commissioner of information and public enlightenment.
The restriction is to enable agencies like the Anambra State Fire Service, the Nigeria Police Force, the Federal Road Safety Corps and the Anambra Traffic Management Agency to respond effectively and in good time to emergencies created by such accidents which sometimes result in conflagrations, as was the case in Onitsha on Wednesday, October 16, when a tanker laded with a petroleum product fell on the Enugu-Onitsha Highway and caused a fire that spread up to Ochanga Market through the open drainage.
“The Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has been directed to religiously enforce the restriction order on the movement of trucks carrying petroleum products in the state. It has also been directed to ensure that such vehicles do not exceed the speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour,” the statement said.
It added: “Any violation of either the time restriction order or the speed limit will be punished accordingly. The protection of the life and asset of every person in Anambra State cannot be compromised.”
– Nov. 1, 2019 @ 9:57 GMT |
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