By; NICHOLAS DEKERA, Kaduna
Taraba Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Corps Commander Selina Williams, on Friday, warned tyre dealers against sale of substandard or fake tyres to motorists in the state.
Williams gave the warning at a meeting with the representatives of tyre dealers in Jalingo.
The sector commander briefed the dealers of the various road crashes cases in the state, where investigation report showed that tyre burst was a major cause.
“This meeting will also serve as caution to all of you because the command will work in collaboration with other security agencies in a Joint Operation to rid Taraba of dealers of substandard tyres.
“As dealers in tyres, you are considered stakeholders in road safety in the state and are supposed to key fully into the command’s activities geared towards making Taraba free of substandard tyres which in turn translates into reducing the rate of road crashes,” she said.
She called on the dealers to register an association to enable the command coordinate a regular meeting and training for them, vulcanizers and transport unions for better results.
Mr Livinus Onyekere, the leader of the dealers, thanked the Sector Commander for the opportunity to standardize their business.
According to him, their major challenge is that they are yet to come under one umbrella, where they would speak with one voice and check the activities of the dealers and vulcanizers.
He explained that only professional vulcanizers would know that there are different pressure gauge for different tyres.
