Amaechi wants stringent punishment for road offenders
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by taiye elebiyo-edeni3 the mandate is to spread advocacy on road safety and injury prevention a lot of work needs to be done in putting road safety in everyones consciousness.nan1 amaechi made the call when a delegation of the united nations decade of action on road safety and traffic injury prevention nigeria visited him in abuja1 he said that if there were stiffer punishments like going to jail for offenders of the law then road users especially politicians would obey the traffic laws1 according to him the un should start its advocacy from the state parliament judiciary and the police for enforcement as this will limit the freedom of road users and instill discipline1 the problem of road safety in africa not only in nigeria is basically the problem of consequences for action if every human being can discipline himself or herself then there wont be need for parliament1 the reason there is a parliament is because they have to direct how the society should be governed the judiciary and police are there for the consequences of disobeying that law1 the minister of transportation rotimi amaechi has called for the support of united nations and stakeholders in establishing stringent punishment for road offenders in the country1 go to the state get the parliament to pass more stringent laws especially if the consequences include going to jail no politician will want to go to jail when you finish with the parliament go to the police to enforce1 nigerians are not organised which is not associated with our population china whose population is higher than nigeria is more organised in obeying traffic regulation amaechi said1 speaking earlier dr. sydney ibeanusi country director united nations decade of action on road safety and traffic injury prevention nigeria said it was collaborating with the government and relevant authorities to ensure that traffic rules and regulations were obeyed1 the united nations decade of action on road safety and traffic injury prevention nigeria is a multi-sectorial stakeholders forum involving all the key relevant stakeholders involved in road safety issues1 injury prevention which is the mandate of the united nations was signed by various countries including nigeria in 2010 and it was launched in the country in 2011 it has been running since then1 so if you are doing advocacy dont tell people not to drink and drive tell them the consequences of drinking and driving if they know they will spend two months in prison they will not drink and drive1

NRC begins online ticketing September MD
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by taiye elebiyo-edeni3 nan recalls that the corporation had received a lot of complaints from passengers on racketeering by officials which okhiria said the only solution was the web-based ticketing1 okhiria said this in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan in abuja on thursday1 he said that nrc was at the final stage of the web-based ticketing after completing the technical and commercial process saying that its a public private partnership ppp arrangement to provide the infrastructure1 according to him eight bidders have so far expressed their interests in the web-based ticketing and the winner will be selected this week to complete the whole process1 before september or october we will go online so that people can buy their tickets online we want to make sure that the arrangement is secure and that is why we are taking our time1 mr fidet okhiria managing director nigeria railway corporation nrc said the web-based ticketing for railway services in the country will commence in september1 also by september people can buy their tickets online from their respective homes we are trying to have many vendors1 okhiria however said that his focused for 2018 was to have an improved locomotives output with the arrival of the spare parts that was ordered in 2017 which would boost the reliability1 the nrc boss attributed the poor movement of haulage by rail to inadequate rolling stock and locomotives liability which is low compared with the demand1 he said a large number of haulage can be moved by rail when the tracks are worked on with enough rolling stock and locomotives to meet up with the high demand1 we also have nrc app that you can download on play store we are going to that stage very soon1

Emergency fund solution to bankruptcy, Lawyers tell cargo owners
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by taiye elebiyo-edeni3 he said that the carrier has to be properly checked out and the contract of sale must be binding in terms of insurance stating that shipping companies needs to be monitored.1 some of the legal practitioners who spoke at the closing ceremony of the 15th edition of the maritime seminar for judges held in abuja urged cargo owners to investigate the viability of the companies1 mrs oritsematosan edodo-emore an international maritime lawyer said that a lot of lessons were learnt from the hanjin shipping company the largest shipping company in the world that fell into bankruptcy1 she said that cargo owners should always ensure that outside the insurance of cargoes they investigate that the carrier has sufficient fund against insolvency.1 as the result of the bankruptcy of the hanjin shipping company last year it has brought a lot of lessons for cargo owners1 before cargo owners use a carrier that will carry their cargoes they should investigate that that carrier is sufficiently buoyant and it belongs to an alliance1 alliance is a group of shipping companies that decide to carry a container for each other they should find out whether that alliance has an emergency fund1 maritime legal practitioners on thursday advised cargo owners in nigeria to use shipping companies that have emergency fund for support in the case of bankruptcy1 however mr femi young chairman of sun logistics and marine services united kingdom said that cargo owners should always investigate the viability of shipping companies before using them1 he said that nigerian government could have a regulatory body that would investigate shipping companies annually to enable cargo owners know the right carrier to use1 government should have a regulatory body that will annually investigate shipping company to know which ones are viable.1 some alliance have being set up this alliance are group of shipping company that come together like a family that if something happen to one of the company others will help1 and out of those alliances it is only one that has an emergency fund against insolvency1 what am saying is that maybe one of the rules that we should have is that we should only use a shipping company that has emergency fund for insolvency young said1 justice olayinka faji federal high court lagos said an importer is expected to know the statue of his carrier at the time of loading or before loading1 in case one of the companies becomes bankrupt whether there is a fund that can support the problem of bankruptcy she said1