By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
Edo State Government has warn owners/drivers of all unpainted commercial vehicles who are yet to comply with the approved colours of yellow on fire-red in the state to immediately remove them from the road or by the Ministry of Transport in conjunction with other security agencies.
A government statement endorsed by Major Lawrence Loye (rtd), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, for the Commissioner, and made available to National daily also explained that operators/drivers who continue to violate Government directive on the matter shall be prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction set up for that purpose.
The statement stressed that despite repeated warnings and notices directing commercial vehicles operating intra-city services to fully adhere by painting their vehicles to the approved colours of yellow on fire-red, many commercial vehicles are yet to comply.
It added: “It will be recalled that at a stakeholders forum, it was agreed that the growing menace of crimes is associated with unpainted vehicles.
