NEMA sensitises tanker drivers, others on fire outbreaks
The National Emergency Management Company (NEMA), has sensitised tanker drivers and filling stations’ attendants on prevention of tanker fireplace outbreaks, cautions tanker drivers against dashing within roads in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States.
The Director-Customary of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, gave the advice on Friday all the way through a One Day Awareness Campaign and Sensitisation on Tanker Fire Accidents and Fire Outbreaks held in Enugu.
Represented by the NEMA Head of Operations in Enugu, Mrs Ngozi Echeazu, the director-long-established urged Nigerians to conclude scooping gasoline in a fallen petroleum tanker and “stay inch from this kind of scene to make certain security”.
She said: “When somebody sees a scene of accident or anguish, if it's stable, be a part of within the rescue of Nigerians and no longer filming, no longer making video negate material or recording scene with your telephones while of us want your support.
“I urge road users to be sober and be security acutely aware while on the road. Tanker and articulated drivers will bear to comprise away from alcohol and intoxicating substances, endeavour to comprise your autos and bear sufficient sleep and relaxation sooner than embarking on a prolonged swagger.
“Please make certain the brake and lights methods of your tanker or truck are working optimally and comprise away from wore out or retreaded tyres sooner than embarking on journeys”.
The director-long-established also condoled with families and location visitors of victims of tanker fireplace explosion within the South-East especially that of Ugwuonyema axis of Enugu-Onitsha Twin Carriageway early this Twelve months.
“I visited the build aside of the incident, noticed first hand the devastation, visited surviving victims in hospitals and ensured that reduction affords got to families of victims. Then every other time, after that incident and similar others, NEMA said the pattern must conclude,” she said.
Also Talking, Chief Chinedu Anyaso, the Chairman of Autonomous Petroleum Marketers Affiliation of Nigeria (IPMAN) Enugu Depot Unit, said that gasoline tanker accidents and fireplace outbreaks can be contained when drivers’ union work together and deploy in vogue coaching and retraining of drivers.
Anyaso, who modified into as soon as represented by the Secretary of the affiliation, Chief Nnaemeka Iloafor, commended NEMA for taking on sensitisation against tanker accidents, including that IPMAN would continue to augment NEMA in its efforts to diminish mess ups on the road.
“IPMAN is an affiliation with the precept of security first and in all our weekly meetings and fora we designate it on our contributors and drivers managing their tanker fleets by no formula to compromise on security standards,” the chairman said.
Corroborating, Rev. Boniface Okafor, First Deputy Chairman of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), Enugu Zonal Unit, appreciated NEMA for the sensitisation, calling on the Federal and verbalize Governments to repair corrupt roads that remained a contributory negate to tanker accidents.
“Many bear long gone amongst our contributors. The union within the past six months bear long-established out inner mechanism to examine and make certain tankers no longer road worth enact no longer ply the roads and test the detrimental pattern,” he said.
The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Enugu Utter, Mr Franklin Agbakoba, famous that 90 per cent of accidents on road had been introduced about by human error or human negligence, including that tanker drivers will bear to “conclude managing mechanical faults of their autos”.
Agbakoba, who modified into as soon as represented by Chief Route Commander, Okine Ugwube, urged tanker drivers no longer to silly fable with the routine test of their autos and make certain instantaneous repairs of mechanical and electrical faults of their tanker or articulated autos.
The Deputy Controller, Enugu Utter Fire Carrier, Mr Godwin Ezeora, urged tanker drivers to constantly bear functional fireplace extinguishers and catch braveness to make exercise of it when the fireplace remained at its formative stage, while calling the nearest fireplace provider for support.
