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  On the 11th April, 2019 I wrote an article titled “ An urgent need for Truck driving School ”, the motive behind the article is the rampant road traffic crashes caused by articulated vehicles across the country. Statistically, approximately 1.35 million people are killed and 50 million seriously injured due to road crashes annually. Road crashes kill 1 person every 24 seconds — about 3,700 killed a day. In Q2 of 2020 according to the statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics of Nigeria 64% of Road Traffic Crashes(RTC) that occurred were commercial vehicles, 34% of those vehicles are trucks, tankers and trailers. The Statistics also shows that Human factor make up 80.7% of the causes. The shocking revelation was that these accidents occurred during the COVID-19 lock down which means that Heavy Duty Trucks were the main actors in the RTC. T his is not surprising because of the high rate of illiteracy amongst heavy duty trucks drivers; this has led to lack of unde...

     The haulage industry in Nigeria is faced with so many challenges, and one of the challenge is allocation of fuel (diesel) to trucks. It is more difficult for truck owners ...

     Stealing of diesel from trucks is a common practice among actor(s) in the “down-steam” sector of the truck business in Nigeria. “ If you park your truck just to take a few minutes nap after a long journey, by the time u wake up if u are not careful over 25 litres of diesel would have been stolen  ” said a long journey haulage driver...

                        When truck owners complain of not making money with their trucks, i knew instantly that the statement is “very true” right from inception.