Tanker fires: 60,000-litre capacity trucks banned from lifting petroleum products
The Federal Government has banned fuel tankers with a 60,000-litre capacity from loading and transporting petroleum products from the various depots across the Country.
Chief Executive of the Nigerian midstream and downstream petroleum regulatory authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, who announced the ban, which takes effect from march 1, 2025, said this was part of the measures taken by the federal government to curtail the incidences of tanker explosions and fires in the Country, following a series of tragic explosions that have claimed numerous lives
