SUFFERING: TRUCK DRIVERS WARN OF STRIKE AND THREATEN OF STOPPING FOOD DELIVERY DUE TO INCREASING ATTACKS

Babatunji Wusu –

Truck drivers around the country are issuing strike warnings in response to the recent attacks that have occurred while delivering food.

In addition to the nation’s serious cost of living crisis and rising food inflation, thugs are attacking several trucks and warehouses.

Truck drivers may decide to stop providing their services, Yusuf Othman, the National President of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, said in a press conference on Tuesday.

Othman brought out the fact that attacks that their insurance does not cover have a detrimental effect on the transportation industry, citing riots in particular.

He urged people to cease attacking trucks, warning that if they do so, food carriers would stop delivering food, which could lead to a general food crisis.

Othman said, “We are affected negatively by these attacks and right now we are strategizing. It might interest you to know that the insurance we get does not cover riots or such fracas.

“So, we are appealing to the general public to avoid such attacks on our trucks. 

“This is because if such kinds of attacks continue, what will happen is that transporters will stop carrying food items, and this will lead to food scarcity across the country.

“If you are transporting food and somebody stops you on the road and lootes the food items, what will you do?”