The NNPC Retail is set to buy 500 Petroleum trucks that would be deployed on the roads by middle of this year.
The vehicles will run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and they will have attached to them, cameras that would monitor fatigue, and other relevant safety issues in the course of a journey.
This is just as the Federal Government has said that there must be collaborative efforts among all the stakeholders in oil and gas industry to avoid further carnage on Nigerian roads through petroleum tanker accidents.
Speaking at Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN), zoom meeting, its Chairman, Huub Stokman who is also the managing director of NNPC Retail, he bemoaned the rate of accidents that involves petroleum tankers on Nigerian roads in recent times.
Also ,the minister of Petroleum Resources, Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri, in his remarks said the incident of accidents as far as petroleum tankers are concerned are caused by excessive loading, bad roads, and the recklessness of the tanker drivers.
The stakeholders that participated at event listed various things that could be responsible for the constant incidence of accident which often result in explosion with it attendant fire and huge loss of lives and properties. But also agreed that there must be collaborative efforts to stop it.
Stokham said: “This is happening too quickly. We know that the states of the roads are bad, trucks too are old, these and many other challenges that could be identified, but we as MEMAN members are committed to ensure safety of petroleum transportation in the country. “
“The NNPC Retail will bring in 500 trucks all fitted with cameras and electronic gadgets that will help to monitor what is happening in the vehicle in order to mitigate the rate of accident. The Truck must follow safety notes,” he said.
In his remark the , the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri, said : “This is one incident, too many, adding that the government is determined to reduce to the barest minimum the incident of petroleum tanker accident.”
According to the minister, most of the drivers of the petroleum tankers are not trained, stating further that some of the tankers are over loaded, even when they known that they are old.
In his contribution, the chairman of the depot Petroleum Products Marketing Association of Nigeria( DAPPMAN), who was represented by Adewale Olufemi, executive secretary of the association, he stated that some of its members have dedicated trucks that are well maintained and they have relationships with the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) for safety purposes.
He stated that DAPPMAN will ensure that drivers are properly trained.
The NNPC Retail is set to buy 500 Petroleum trucks that would be deployed on the roads by middle of this year.
The vehicles will run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and they will have attached to them, cameras that would monitor fatigue, and other relevant safety issues in the course of a journey.
This is just as the Federal Government has said that there must be collaborative efforts among all the stakeholders in oil and gas industry to avoid further carnage on Nigerian roads through petroleum tanker accidents.
Speaking at Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN), zoom meeting, its Chairman, Huub Stokman who is also the managing director of NNPC Retail, he bemoaned the rate of accidents that involves petroleum tankers on Nigerian roads in recent times.
Also ,the minister of Petroleum Resources, Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri, in his remarks said the incident of accidents as far as petroleum tankers are concerned are caused by excessive loading, bad roads, and the recklessness of the tanker drivers.
The stakeholders that participated at event listed various things that could be responsible for the constant incidence of accident which often result in explosion with it attendant fire and huge loss of lives and properties. But also agreed that there must be collaborative efforts to stop it.
Stokham said: “This is happening too quickly. We know that the states of the roads are bad, trucks too are old, these and many other challenges that could be identified, but we as MEMAN members are committed to ensure safety of petroleum transportation in the country. “
“The NNPC Retail will bring in 500 trucks all fitted with cameras and electronic gadgets that will help to monitor what is happening in the vehicle in order to mitigate the rate of accident. The Truck must follow safety notes,” he said.
In his remark the , the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri, said : “This is one incident, too many, adding that the government is determined to reduce to the barest minimum the incident of petroleum tanker accident.”
According to the minister, most of the drivers of the petroleum tankers are not trained, stating further that some of the tankers are over loaded, even when they known that they are old.
In his contribution, the chairman of the depot Petroleum Products Marketing Association of Nigeria( DAPPMAN), who was represented by Adewale Olufemi, executive secretary of the association, he stated that some of its members have dedicated trucks that are well maintained and they have relationships with the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) for safety purposes.
He stated that DAPPMAN will ensure that drivers are properly trained.
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