The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has recommended that the speed limit device proposed by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) must not be limited to commercial vehicles alone but extended to all categories of vehicles, including the private ones.
The National President, RTEAN, Alhaji Musa Shehu Isiwele, described limiting the speed limit device to commercial vehicles alone as ”witch-hunting” and a ploy to further stifle the contribution efforts of commercial vehicles to nation building.
Isiwele said: “The commercial vehicles have continued to contribute to national development. It has created jobs for thousands of Nigerians and it has continued to be relevant in the transportation of goods and services across the length and breadth of Nigeria during favourable and unfavourable conditions. All of these must be appreciated by the people and the government, then for somebody to say it is only the commercial vehicles that are reckless on the highways and therefore are the only ones that should carry the speed limit device as proposed by the FRSC is to say the list, unfortunate.”
He stated that in as much as his association is supporting the FRSC on the project, the proposal must include all vehicles across the country.
“We are saying that we expect the FRSC to allow RTEAN, NURTW handle issues affecting commercial vehicles. They should have called all unions to go and produce the speed limit device for their members. This is because we don’t want to have an unknown organisation that will sell brake pads or useless tyres for us. Presently, they are saying they will register some organisations that will collect the monies and fix the speed limit device. We are not comfortable with this arrangement, they should allow us as union to make arrangement for ourselves,” he noted.
