FRSC Scores South-East High On Road Accidents

The Federal Road Safety
Commission (FRSC), says the South-East geopolitical zone records the highest
number of road crashes in the federation every year.

Mr Wole Olaniran, the RS-5 Zonal
Commander in charge of Edo, Delta and Anambra, made the disclosure on Tuesday
during the commission’s awareness campaign in Awka.

Olaniran, who was represented by his
deputy commander, Mr Sobowale Gbenga-Oke, however, assured the public that the
commission was working hard to reduce the trend.

“The crashes in the zone are enormous;
for one month, beginning from December 15, we are going to be on the roads to
checkmate this, that is what we have come out today to tell the people.

“The commission has put machinery in
motion to check the heavy traffic from Onitsha Bridge-head in Anambra, down to
Delta and Edo, in making sure that we tackle this issue of road crashes.’’

The Anambra State Commander of the FRSC,
Mr Hygenius Omeje, told newsmen that the essence of the campaign was to
intensify awareness on safer roads for all.

“This is the last lap of the campaign
which deals with changing the attitude of our people and besides this campaign,
we will hold a seminar in collaboration with the Anambra State Transport
Association on safety measures,” he said.

The Zonal Coordinator of Special
Marshals Unit of the FRSC, Mr Raphael Asekume, urged officers to turn out
en-mass on all major roads in the zone to ensure free flow of traffic during
the yuletide.

FRSC officers of the commission also
distributed stickers with inscriptions such as “the wages of over loading and
reckless driving is untimely death” and “Okada-man drive to stay alive”.