Peace Mass Transit resumes, with only 50% carrying capacity at no extra cost to passengers
Following the relaxation of the interstate movement announced by the government recently, one of Nigeria’s leading road transport companies, Peace Mass Transit, PMT, Limited, says it will resume operations this Wednesday, July 1st, 2020.
The company was the first to suspend operations early March at the escalation of the Covid-19 pandemic across the globe, and consequent devastation of lives and businesses.
The company also mandated its staff across the nation to adhere to, and strictly enforce the recommended international/national protocols on control of COVID-19, including hand washing with soap and water at entry points, social distancing, use of face masks for the entire duration of journeys by drivers and passengers , use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers as well as the usage of temperature scanners at points of entry.
Accordingly, the company has also provided infrared thermometers for screening of passengers and staff and equipment for constant decontamination of depots and vehicles at points of departure and arrival.
It added that all PMT passenger vehicles are to carry only 50% of normal capacity, and at no extra cost to the passengers.
Chairman of the company, Sam Maduka Onyishi, said that resumption of critical services to kick-start the economy of families and the nation was more expedient than any immediate consideration for personal profit.
” The cost of extra measures we have instituted and loss of revenues that would come with reduction in carrying capacity, are significant, but I consider them part of the continuing sacrifice we make for the public good, well being and overall safety of compatriots”, he said.
” We have always maintained that PMT has never been just about being a business; it is my own ministry through which I touch lives..”
The company appealed to the travelling public to show understanding, cooperate to enforce seamless enforcement, and see the new protocols as desirable and in the best b interest of everyone.
