FRSC, MEMAN step up tanker safety drive with Nationwide Safe-To-Load Training for Officers

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) have ramped up efforts to reduce petroleum tanker accidents through a nationwide Safe-To-Load (S-T-L) training programme for enforcement officers.

This initiative, part of a partnership between the two organisations that began in 2019, is designed to strengthen safety compliance in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector and improve overall road safety outcomes.

Speaking at the South-South regional training session held in Port Harcourt, MEMAN’s Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Clement Isong—represented by Operations Manager Moses Okoh—reaffirmed the association’s dedication to promoting safety in petroleum product transportation. He noted that the Safe-To-Load initiative aligns with the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety, which aims to reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries.

According to Isong, achieving lasting reductions in tanker-related crashes requires attention to five critical areas: safer road infrastructure, safer vehicles, responsible road user behaviour, improved post-crash response, and stronger road safety management. He also stressed the importance of collaboration among regulators, enforcement agencies, and industry stakeholders in tackling petroleum truck accidents on Nigerian roads.

Isong commended stakeholders present at the training’s opening, including the South-South Regional Coordinator of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Ibrahim Dimowo; the FRSC Assistant Corps Marshal, Henry Banemesia; and the Rivers State Sector Commander, F. A. Ajatta. The officials declared the session open on Monday, April 13, 2026, and praised the facilitators for equipping FRSC officers with the technical knowledge needed to enforce Safe-To-Load regulations.

The 2026 S-T-L training programme began in Lagos on April 9, continued in Port Harcourt, and is scheduled to conclude tomorrow in the Federal Capital Territory.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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