Road Safety boss extols Dangote over reduction in crashes

From Abubakar Yunusa ABUJA

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Dauda Biu has extolled the Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) for implementing safety standards that have helped in the reduction in Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) in Nigeria.
Mr. Biu, who was speaking when he hosted a team from the Dangote Cement Plc, Transport Division, said the new feat was made possible through the collaboration with his agency and the implementation of some mutually agreed safety standards by the company.
The Dangote team was led by the Divisional Director, of Transport, Mr. Ajay Singh.
The Road Safety boss said: “Notable among them is the reduction of road traffic crashes involving Dangote Transport Trucks through the implementation of minimum safety standards in the Road Transport Safety Standardization Scheme (RTSSS).”
According to Mr. Biu, in order to effectively achieve this, the Corps collaborated with the Technical Committee comprising Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), and the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) on speed limiting device implementation in Nigeria.
He said the establishment of an Outpost at Dangote Cement Plant Obajana, has contributed tremendously in the reduction of road traffic crashes along the ever-busy Obajana – Kabba road in Kogi State.
Other areas of collaboration with the company, he said, include, the establishment of a standard and functional driving school, collaboration in conducting professional Road Assessment (Road Safety Audit) for issues of safety concerns on the roads, as well as partnership on the Dangote Drivers’ Training Centre(Driving Range).
He said the FRSC was prepared to work with the Dangote Cement Transport Obajana to improve the Company’s fleet management, especially on fleet certification in order to further reduce RTC involving the Company’s vehicles.
Speaking earlier, Divisional Director Transport, Dangote Cement Plant, Obajana, Mr. Ajay Singh said the Dangote Cement Plc was working assiduously to further bring down the rate of crashes involving its trucks while adding that the collaboration between the Dangote Group and the FRSC was paying off.
He, on behalf of the company, congratulated the Corps Marshal for his elevation and appointment.