By Motor parks in Port Harcourt and its environs may be shut down if they continue to flout COVID-19 guidelines, the Federal Road Safety Corps has said.
While speaking with newsmen in the State capital, the FRSC Sector Commander in Rivers State, Salisu Galadunci issued this warning.
“We have repeatedly advised the need for park operators and passengers to comply with the COVID-19 rules because of what we have observed in the State. If any motor park fails to or refuses to comply with the COVID-19 rules, we have been giving the go-ahead to shut it down,” he said.
Galadunci added that the FRSC would work with relevant agencies to ensure such attitude was stopped. He stated that COVID-19 is real, saying those who do not believe its existence should not risk the lives of others in their ignorance.
He said: “We will call the police, we will call everybody and we will shut it down until they are ready to comply with the rules.
“We will not allow people to suffer and to die as a result of that. The issue of whether you believe it or not does not even arise here. This is something that is scientifically proven and we are seeing what is happening in Europe and other parts of the world.”
