FRSC holds ember months safety campaign

Federal Road Safety Corps,Oyo State sector command has sustained ember months safety campaign to reinforce the significance of safety of lives on Nigeria roads.

The sector commander, Oyo Sector Command Corps Commander, Cecelia Alao in his welcome address lamented that the tendency of increase in the rate of crashes which is synonymous with ember months cannot be overemphasied. " It is a common knowledge that road traffic crashes, the corresponding injury and fatality statistics remains a major public health and social economic concern to our great nation". She added.

Commander Alao buttressed that the alarming situation justifies the rationale for heightened public education/ enlightenment campaigns engineened to amplify awareness on the importance of stem adherence to all traffic laws by members of the motoring public.

Speaking on the 2017 campaign tagged" Right to life on the highway not negotiatiable", Alao said FRSC adopted the theme to galvanize the consciousness of the motoring public on the essential role usage in preservation of lives on the highway.

The rally which took place at the Trans Wonderland Amusement park, samonda Ibadan on Wednesday drew attention to the need for all road users, especially commercial transport operators and other private owners to be more responsible on the roads.