Chief Lasbery
Okaforanyanwu, the Chairman, Imo Transport Corporation (ITC), has called on
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to review its policy restricting usage of
speed limiting device to commercial vehicles.
Okaforanyanwu made his position known while briefing journalists
on Thursday at ITC corporate headquarters in Owerri.
He said though the introduction of speed limiting device was a
welcome development, but restricting the policy to only commercial vehicles was
not good for the safety of commercial drivers and passengers.
“My position is that FRSC’s
policy on speed limiter device should be implemented across board and both
private and commercial vehicles should all install the device at the same time.
“For the FRSC to focus only on commercial vehicles, while private
vehicles are allowed to drive at full speed will make commercial vehicles
vulnerable.
“They will be vulnerable to armed bandits who obviously will
attack them using higher speed automobiles,” he said.
NAN reports that FRSC, had with effect from Oct. 1, 2016,
introduced the speed limiting device to peg maximum speed for commercial
vehicles at 100km/h, while private vehicles still use maximum speed
automobiles.
Okaforanyanwu said as a law-abiding company, “ITC has started
complying because a lot of ITC vehicles are being installed with the device by
one of the accredited FRSC companies”.
The ITC chairman also used the medium to throw more light on the
alleged sealing of the company’s head office by Federal Inland Revenue Service
(FIRS) over tax evasion.
Okaforanyanwu said there was no truth in the report that ITC
office was sealed, but blamed the situation on information gap which was
jointly addressed between the management of ITC and FIRS.
“FIRS did not seal ITC office; it was a problem of reconciliation
that brought the operatives of the FIRS to ITC.
“And when they came we brought our books and showed them the
method of our payments and they were satisfied, so ITC has never evaded tax
payment and is not owing any tax either,” he said.
Okaforanyanwu also said that the company had addressed the issue
of non-payment of 11 months’ salary arrears owed ITC workers and had sorted the
problems of bank loans by the company.
“As we speak, ITC does not owe any bank any dime, we have equally
addressed the problem of the 11months’ salary arrears we met which has
increased the confidence of workers on the management,” he said.
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