The Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria (ALBON) have assured Nigerians travelling to various destinations this Christmas season that efforts are being made to ensure they enjoy safe and hitch-free trips.
This is contained in a statement signed by the ALBON National President, Mr Samuel Ezeh, and the Secretary, Mr Frank Nneji, on Monday in Lagos.
The association said that it was aware of the safety concerns of the travelling public as well as the seasonal upsurge in the number of passengers, adding that the issues are being addressed.
“The association is collaborating with various security agencies to ensure safe and incident-free operations, especially along the busy routes.
“Apart from beefing up capacities by adding brand new big and small buses to their various fleets, our member-companies have also been maintaining their older vehicles so that they would be in very good motoring condition.
“All these are in the interest of the travellers,” the ALBON executive members assured.
The transporters, however, appealed to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to urgently intervene and find a solution to the gridlocks being experienced by travellers on various corridors as Christmas draws nearer.
They noted that the traffic situation on various routes would result in travellers spending long hours on the road and arriving their destinations very late.
They noted that a sharper upsurge in the volume of seasonal passengers was likely this year owing to the unprecedented hike in air fares which made many regular flyers to go by road.
“Our members have, therefore, updated fleets of buses, prepared the on-board crews, as well as the ground staff to meet the expected challenges of the season’s operations.
“We wish our customers a merry Christmas and a happy New Year in advance, and urge our customers to always be safety conscious,” the transporters said.
