Abubakar Sadiq Isah
14 October 2008
The Gwagwalada Area Council Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), yesterday said it would put an end to the uses of worn-out and second hand tyres especially by commercial vehicles.
The Unit commander, Mr. J.K Adamu, who made this known, said seventy percent of the commercial vehicles plying the highways are still using second hand tyres posing danger to passengers.
He said the command has been making efforts in collaboration with members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NUTRW), in various motor parks in Gwagwalada and Zuba, explaining the dangers in the use of second hand and worn-out tyres by drivers.
"Infact, we have been making efforts by collaborating with members of the NUTRW to ensure that any vehicle that has worn-out or "tokunbo" tryes should not be allowed to carry passengers," he said.
He observed that most of the accidents that occur on the highways were mostly caused by "tokunbo" and worn out tyres, adding that most of the tyres that are imported are outdated and expired.
Meanwhile, one person died on Friday morning in a ghastly motor accident that occurred along the Abuja- Lokoja highway.
The accident which occurred at Lagbeta village near Abaji town, involved a J5 Peugeot bus and a Man Diesel truck
Confirming the accident, the Operational Head of the Abaji Unit Command of the FRSC, Mr. Baba A. Bagudu, said the accident was as a result of dangerous overtaking by the J5 bus driver.
He said the driver overtook dangerously and in the process, the truck driver, while trying to avoid a head on collision with the J5 bus lost control and crashed into a ditch killing one person and injuring two others.
Mr. Bagudu said the corpse was handed over to the relatives of the deceased while the two injured were taken to Gegu hospital for treatment.
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