In preparation for the Easter festivities, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ondo State has taken proactive measures to educate and caution motorists against overloading and speeding.
Ezekiel SonAllah, the FRSC State Sector Commander, delivered this caution at the conclusion of a three-day Easter Enlightenment and Sensitisation Talk held at the Ado/Benin Garage in Akure on Friday.
SonAllah highlighted that the FRSC command conducted extensive outreach efforts at nine different parks as part of their Easter sensitization and enlightenment campaign. He emphasized the crucial role of drivers in adhering to road regulations to mitigate the risk of accidents.
Reiterating the FRSC’s vision, SonAllah underscored their commitment to eradicating road traffic accidents and fostering a safer road environment across Nigeria.
SonAllah also said that the eight people that died recently in the road crash within two days in the state was caused by burst of tyres and loss of control.
He said that no sickness could claim eight lives within two days in the state.
According to him, drivers must ensure that the conditions of their vehicle is in order before engaging in any journey, particularly during the festival period.
“So, we are appealing to our drivers, we need to avoid overloading our vehicles, avoid going at excessive speeds and install speed limit device in our vehicles.
“Also, we need to shun the issue of economic hardship and go for standard tyres instead of tokunbo tyres because we need to value our lives, not only our lives alone, but the lives of passengers.
“Moreover, don’t let us endanger our lives to tokunbo tyres, please, and let us drive to stay alive and remember that the higher the speed, the higher the deaths if any crashes occur.
“It is also compulsory for commercial vehicles to install speed limit device, while drivers should move with the prescribed limit to avoid unforseen circumstances that may occur on highways.
“So, road safety values lives, we don’t want any life to be lost and we want all the drivers and passengers to have a safer Easter and Sallah celebration,” he said.
SonAllah, therefore, called on major stakeholders to join hands with the road safety to ensure zero crashes was recorded during and after the festival.
He, however, explained that the command had deployed 16 patrol vehicles, four ambulances, one towing truck, saying 572 regular marshals and 429 special marshals were also deployed for the Easter celebration in the state.
Speaking, Afolabi Osatuyi from Ado Garage and Felix Oshin, Branch Secretary in Benni Garage, applauded the commandant for the sensitisation.
They promised to be safety cautious and to continuously sensitise other drivers on the dangers of speeding and over loading.
Yemiefashonline.com reports that the highlights of the programme was the distribution of flyers to drivers in highways and commercial motorcycles across the state capital, Akure.