Underage bus conductor to be arrested henceforth.

The Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) in Kaduna State
on Tuesday warned that it would henceforth arrest
any commercial vehicle found engaging under-
aged persons as conductors. Malam Buhari Aliyu, the spokesman of the
organisation, gave the warning in an interview in
Kaduna. The spokesman said that the warning became
necessary following reports of increase in the
number of under-aged bus conductors operating in
parts of the state. He said also that drivers of commercial vehicle
arrested with under-aged conductors would be
prosecuted. According to him, under the Road Traffic
Regulation of the Federation, 2008, any person
below 18 years is not allowed to drive or to be a
conductor. Aliyu urged parents to send their children to school
rather than force them into the labour market. In his comment, Alhaji Usman Muhammad,
Chairman, National Union of Road Transport
Workers in the state, said drivers using under-aged
conductor were not registered members of the
union. “We do not register members with under-aged
conductors,’’ he said, and appealed to commercial
motorists to be law abiding and always cooperate
with law enforcement agencies to make the roads
more safer.