Transport agency seeks stronger collaboration on highway security

A transport firm, Okeyson Transports, has reiterated its dedication to passengers’ security, saying it should proceed to function inside the ambit of ordinary working procedures that meet the Federal Street Security Fee’s dictates.

This was made identified by means of a press release from the transport firm on Thursday. In accordance with the assertion, the go to, which befell earlier this week, was led by the Managing Director of Okeyson Transports, Mr Charles Okey-Udeji, alongside members of the corporate’s administration staff.

The engagement, the assertion famous, supplied a platform for discussions on enhancing highway security, enhancing driver professionalism, and fostering nearer collaboration between transport operators and regulatory authorities.

Final yr, the Federal Street Security Corps attributed the lack of over 3,400 lives in highway crashes throughout Nigeria between January and September 2025 to reckless driver behaviour and human error.

The corps maintained that 3,433 individuals had been killed and 22,162 injured in 6,858 reported highway crashes inside the first 9 months of the yr, fuelled by insufficient coaching and poor self-discipline amongst Nigerian drivers.

The FRSC recognized driver fatigue, overloading, use of telephones whereas driving, conveyance of passengers in haulage automobiles, and carrying gasoline in plastic containers as main causes of highway crashes, stressing that almost all incidents are preventable if drivers adhere to security guidelines.

Talking throughout the assembly, Charles Okey-Udeji stated passenger security remained a high precedence for the corporate, stressing that security goes past regulatory compliance to replicate a broader accountability to clients and society.

Okey-Udeji stated, “Okeyson Transports is dedicated to constructing a powerful security tradition throughout all ranges of our operations. This go to displays our need to proceed working carefully with the FRSC to make sure that our drivers, automobiles, and operational processes meet and exceed nationwide security requirements.”

The corporate’s delegation counseled the FRSC for its sustained efforts in lowering highway accidents and selling protected driving habits throughout the nation, notably throughout festive durations when site visitors volumes enhance.

The corporate’s MD added that the go to targeted on potential areas of collaboration, together with driver coaching programmes, security consciousness campaigns, compliance monitoring, and the adoption of finest practices aimed toward enhancing highway transport security.

He additional stated the engagement additionally underscored Okeyson Transports’ broader imaginative and prescient of elevating skilled requirements inside the Nigerian transport business by means of proactive engagement with regulatory our bodies.