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FRSC Seeks More Commitment To Check Acccidents
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, has told its officers to redouble their commitment to public enlightenment and education, to reduce crashes on highways.
State Sector Commander, Mr Ezekiel SonAllah, made the call at a one-day capacity building oganised for the officers of Public Enlightenment Office (PEO) across all units in Ondo State.
The Tide’s source reports that the workshop was tagged “Public Education: A Panacea To Reduction Of Road Traffic Crash (RTC) in Nigeria.”
SonAllah, who explained that it was time for officers to advocate aggressively on public enlightenment, added that if people were well enlightened, the chances were there that crashes would reduce.
“This workshop is timely because we are already in ember months and the time has come for us to double our efforts as far as public enlightenment is concerned.
“You are doing well before but time has come to double your efforts by organising programmes and visiting motor parks, Churches, Mosques, market places and traditional institutions to talk to them about the dangers of excessive speed and overloading.
“We can only save lives if people are enlightened and we need to understand that education was what the founding fathers of the corps used at the initial stage.
“So, it’s something we must continue to do through our demonstration and commitment,” he said.
SonAllah, therefore, called on motorists and road users to change their attitude whenever they were driving, saying “life has no duplicate and drivers need to stay alive to drive”.
According to him, the time has come for everybody to take responsibility and this is ember month where we expect high vehicular movement.
“You must improve the condition of your vehicles to ensure that they are road worthy. You must obey traffic rules and regulations and use defensive driving techniques”, he stated.
Also, the State Deputy Sector Commander and Head of Operation, Mr Richard Adetoro, admonished the PEO officers to be committed and show passion in their job.
Adetoro said the officers had a lot to do, especially in the Ember months, adding that officers had to be passionate, advising and appealing to the inner-self of motorists about safety.
“You have to appeal to them (motorists) of the importance of their safety to their family members and preach the gospel either in churches or in commercial vehicles.
“But your own gospel is safety on the highway,” he said.
The Alliance Française Port Harcourt in conjunction with the Embassy of France Nigeria over the weekend joined the globe to campaign against the 2025 gender- based violence (GBV) with the theme: “16 Days of Activism Against Gender- Based Voice”
The event which took place at the event Hall of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt was in collaboration with the Female in Gaming Network, ( FIGN) and partnership with Nexal a body that seeks to promote online safety and responsible digital behaviour.
The Tide reports that the project which was aimed at promoting digital safety and girls inclusion in Gaming, with the initiative tagged ‘Gameover Gender- Base Violence’was part of the global campaign against gender- based Violence.
The activity which experienced a flavour of festivity was full of fun and excitements as participants took part in tournaments on popular digital games such as Mario kart and EAFC 25, with an intent to creating safer and more inclusive digital spaces.
The Director of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt, Mrs Marina Lacal said that these activities were designed to encourage inclusion of girls, team work and fair play on online gaming spaces, saying that the gaming world reflects these inequalities, where female players are often under represented.
According to her the main objectives of the initiative was to provide a supportive environment for girls and female in gaming network.
“GameOverGBV” is a project created to reshape this landscape by offering an innovative inclusiveness of girls on online digital Gaming community and digital environments that provide opportunities for creativity, learning and connection, but also fight against Gender-Based Violence Digital Gaming,”she said
She however, explained that the Digital Game, sport competitions, was launched to strengthen social and digital skills through games, workshops, and raise awareness among all young participants about respect, equality and digital citizenship.
The Tide News reports that in Port Harcourt, the competition brought together 100 young participants from three major universities: University of Port Harcourt, ( UNIPORT),Ignatius Ajuru University of Education(IAUE) and Rivers State University (RSU)as well as students from four selected secondary schools, Oginigba comprehensive Secondary.School, Vine lnternational, Virgo predicanda lnternational, and Excellent Montessori Secondary school.
“This is an approach where girls and boys can learn, play and collaborate in a more respectful and safe space for young women, while ensuring a safe, enjoyable and respectful digital environment. It also expose young women to cyberbullying, exclusion, sexist comments and online hate,” Mrs. Lacal said.
Earlier, a game developer Sophia Nei and her. team had engaged participants in an interactive session with the theme: “Can Video Games Be Safe Spaces For Girls?”
However, Mrs Nei and her team educated the girls on the benefits and violence on online digital gaming and urged them ( participants)to learn to say ‘No’ to Online hate, sexist and cyber bullying, while encouraging them(students) to stand up for themselves by reporting such issues to the appropriate authority.
Highlight of the competition was the awarding of prizes to winners by the Director of Alliance Française, Mrs Marina Lacal.
