FRSC advocates return of rail system to reduce pressure on roads.
The Federal Road Safety Commission, on Wednesday urged the government to bring back rail system to reduce pressure on Nigerian roads.
Zonal Commander, RS2, Danjuma Garba said the freight that ten trailers would carry could be lifted at once by a locomotive.
Garba said If ten trailers are off our roads daily, risks will be managed, the roads will be saved from wear and tear and we will have less vehicles to control.
However, Lagos Railway District Manager of the Nigeria Railways, John Dottie said that freight services had resumed on Dec. 23.
Dottie said the first consignment of 300 tons of cement was lifted from Ewekoro to Agege and Ijoko cement depots.
According to him, the 300 tons of cement lifted by the train is equivalent to what more than 10 trailers can transport.
He said the lifting of the consignment would be on daily basis except on Sundays when the trains would go for maintenance.
He said that a new locomotive engine has been dedicated to the freight services.
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FRSC warns motorists against over speeding.
The FRSC on Wednesday warned drivers and road users not to capitalise on the light traffic in major cities because of the festive period to violate speed limit.
Corps Public Education Officer of the commission, Charles Akpabio who gave the warning in Abuja said reports from the corps monitoring teams in some major road corridors in the country showed that major cities recorded light traffic during the Christmas celebration.
He listed the cities as Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Oyo, Kaduna , Edo, Anambra and the FCT.
The Federal Road Safety Commission, on Wednesday urged the government to bring back rail system to reduce pressure on Nigerian roads.
Zonal Commander, RS2, Danjuma Garba said the freight that ten trailers would carry could be lifted at once by a locomotive.
Garba said If ten trailers are off our roads daily, risks will be managed, the roads will be saved from wear and tear and we will have less vehicles to control.
However, Lagos Railway District Manager of the Nigeria Railways, John Dottie said that freight services had resumed on Dec. 23.
Dottie said the first consignment of 300 tons of cement was lifted from Ewekoro to Agege and Ijoko cement depots.
According to him, the 300 tons of cement lifted by the train is equivalent to what more than 10 trailers can transport.
He said the lifting of the consignment would be on daily basis except on Sundays when the trains would go for maintenance.
He said that a new locomotive engine has been dedicated to the freight services.
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FRSC warns motorists against over speeding.
The FRSC on Wednesday warned drivers and road users not to capitalise on the light traffic in major cities because of the festive period to violate speed limit.
Corps Public Education Officer of the commission, Charles Akpabio who gave the warning in Abuja said reports from the corps monitoring teams in some major road corridors in the country showed that major cities recorded light traffic during the Christmas celebration.
He listed the cities as Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Oyo, Kaduna , Edo, Anambra and the FCT.
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