Truck drivers recklessness drivers caused Rivers inferno

has blamed two reckless drivers for last Friday’s highway fire on the East-West Road at Eleme in Rivers State.The minister exonerated the contractor handling a road project in the areas, Renolds Construction Company Nigeria, of negligence.Umahi called for enhanced enforcement of driving rules and road safety checks, especially among drivers of heavy-duty vehicles.

He said: “The RCC is trying. They are doing well. But my visit is going to ensure that they open the construction in a number of sections. That is what they have to do. The quality of what they are doing is quite commendable, but they must listen to us and open the construction.“My sympathy goes to all the families of the victims of the inferno for the unfortunate and irrecoverable loss of their loved ones. And then, to the government and people of Rivers State, I extend my sympathy to them.

Yamaabana had blamed the ongoing road rehabilitation as the cause of the inferno and threatened to drag the Federal Government and the construction firm to the International Criminal Court for alleged negligence.

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