The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in a new measure
to curb the frequent road accident has announced that it would begin to
confiscate vehicles with expired or substandard tyres.
According to the Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyem, the
measure has become necessary to reduce the number of accidents u caused by poor
tyre usage in vehicles.
“What we’re going to commence immediately is that any
vehicle that has expired tyres or substandard tyres, we’re going to impound the
vehicles,” Mr. Oyeyemi said. “Enough is enough to this. All the crises we’re
talking about from February this year to April, they were all tyre-related.
“After impounding it (the vehicle), we’ll ask the owner to
go and replace it with a genuine one. The passengers we’ll arrange for their
continuous journey so as to reduce the pains. But I will not allow an expired
tyre fitted on a vehicle to continue the journey,” Mr. Oyeyemi said.
Also speaking on the lack of tyre manufacturing companies in
the country, Mr. Oyeyemmi appealed to appropriate authorities to do their
utmost best in ensuring that the situation is addressed.
“It’s not a problem that started today, we’ve been raising
this alarm since Dunlop and Michelin shut down in Nigeria and relocated,”
“So it’s a result of this that led to over 250 different
distorted substandard tyres in the country today and we appeal to Manufacturers
Association of Nigeria and Nigerian Association of Chamber of Commerce Industry
Mines and Agriculture to do their very best in looking into this and see how
tyre manufacturing plants can be brought into life.
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