FRSC Proposes More Road Signs In Oyo

L-R: Second Trustee, National Union of Road Transport Workers, Rivers State Branch, Mr Chukwudi Eluozo, Deputy State Chairman, Mr Ominiayebagha Kalango and Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Rivers Sr Sunday Oghenekaro, during a sensitization visit by the Commander to nurtw office in Port Harcourt, recently. Photo: NAN

The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo State, Mr Godwin Ogagaoghene, has reiterated the need to erect more road signs in the state.
Ogagaoghene told newsmen on Monday in Ibadan that road signs play vital roles in preventing road traffic accidents.
He listed the different signs to include warning or danger, regulatory, informative signs and pavement markings.
“Road signs should come along with every new road slated for inauguration and it is the responsibility of the authority providing the road to include road signs in their budget.
“Sincerely, no road should be deemed completed without signs.
“We should stop building roads for convenience without first considering relative safety issues,” he said.
Ogagaoghene said signs were important because they offer guidance, warning and direction to motorists and other road users.
The FRSC boss, however, expressed concern that most roads do not have signs, adding that the commission had been actively involved in creating awareness and ensuring that road users complied with instructions from road signs.
He also disclosed that the commission often paid visits to motor parks to enlighten residents, saying many motorists were senstised during such programmes.
Ogagaoghene said further that training programmes for both religious and secular organisations were being organised on regular basis.
“We have also made it mandatory for every fresh applicant for drivers’ licence to go through a driving school where these signs are taught,” he said.