Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, has ordered its members, comprising truck and tanker owners, across the country to resume operations following the intervention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,NNPC.
The National President of NARTO, Alhaji Yusuf Othman, who made this known on Tuesday in Abuja said that the Federal Government had agreed to shift the implementation of the ban on trucks with 45,000-litre capacity to January 1, 2021.
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He noted that the decision to discontinue the withdrawal of their trucks nationwide followed the intervention of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS.
NARTO is the umbrella organization of all commercial vehicles Owners in Nigeria engaged in the haulage of Petroleum Products, General Cargoes, and movement of goods and passengers within the country and the West-African sub region.
He had on Monday said the association received with grave shock the recent Federal Government decision to place immediate ban on all Petroleum Trucks above 45,000 litres capacity from plying Nigeria roads.
Owing to the ban, he said the association would proceed on a warning strike on Tuesday and begin, issue a 10-day ultimatum on September 24 that would be followed by an indefinite strike.
Othman however on Tuesday ordered it’s members resume Operations noting that further stakeholders engagement would continue on the issue on Thursday.
