FRSC boss praises Fashola for prompt evacuation of fallen tanker

Oyeyemi praised the minister in an announcement issued by the Corps Public Schooling Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, on Friday in Abuja.

The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) studies that the accident occurred at about 1300 hours on Dec. 31, 2020 and concerned 5 individuals who got here out of the crash unharmed.

The fallen white tanker with registration quantity EPE 104 XX, loaded with LPG (cooking gasoline), and a Kia Saloon automobile with registration quantity KRD 386 GG precipitated obstruction on the Mountain High College, on the outward Lagos lane of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

In accordance with him, the gasoline tanker fell across the Ibafo space of the expressway and precipitated undue gridlock with noticed commuters stranded in the course of the crossover evening.

“Whereas the FRSC labored out modalities for the quick removing of the obstruction, the minister’s intervention was crucial to the evacuation of the tanker, ” Boboye mentioned.

The corps marshal acknowledged that it took Fashola’s authorisation to contact FP&FP Restricted, a personal crane operator firm with the required tonnage capability, to elevate the tanker.

Oyeyemi urged fleet operators to make sure that their automobiles had been at all times highway worthy earlier than embarking on any journey.

He urged public workplace holders to emulate the minister’s proactive strategy to problems with nationwide significance.