Injuries and avoidable accidents that
occur on highways are not always due to bad roads as claimed by road
users, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has
said.
According to him, road accidents are largely due to speeding and the recklessness of drivers, as no driver speeds on a bad road.
Fashola
disclosed this in Abuja at a capacity building workshop on the
activation of the five United Nations’ Convention on Road Traffic
acceded to by Nigeria.
In a statement issued by the Federal
Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Wednesday, the minister noted
that the workshop underscored the importance and commitment of the
government on the safety of the lives of Nigerians.
He, however, stated that injuries and avoidable accidents that occurred daily on highways were regrettable.
Fashola
told participants at the workshop that there was no state in Nigeria
that the Federal Government was not executing one road project or the
other.
He said the ministry would soon embark on the deployment
of manpower for the erection of additional road signs to provide the
required guidance, support and direction to road users.
The
minister charged the Federal Road Safety Corps to intensify efforts on
public enlightenment campaigns, orientation and education of drivers to
be of good behaviour while on highways in order to ensure the safety of
lives and property.
On his part, the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Boboye
Oyeyemi, said his organisation would not have recorded success if not
for the support it got from stakeholders in the road and transport
sector.
He expressed gratitude to the United Nation’s envoy for
sponsoring the capacity building workshop and promised that the corps
would continue to work hard to ensure safety on Nigerian roads.
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Bad Roads Not Cause Of Accidents On Highways – Fashola
Injuries and avoidable accidents that
occur on highways are not always due to bad roads as claimed by road
users, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has
said.
According to him, road accidents are largely due to speeding and the recklessness of drivers, as no driver speeds on a bad road.
Fashola
disclosed this in Abuja at a capacity building workshop on the
activation of the five United Nations’ Convention on Road Traffic
acceded to by Nigeria.
In a statement issued by the Federal
Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Wednesday, the minister noted
that the workshop underscored the importance and commitment of the
government on the safety of the lives of Nigerians.
He, however, stated that injuries and avoidable accidents that occurred daily on highways were regrettable.
Fashola
told participants at the workshop that there was no state in Nigeria
that the Federal Government was not executing one road project or the
other.
He said the ministry would soon embark on the deployment
of manpower for the erection of additional road signs to provide the
required guidance, support and direction to road users.
The
minister charged the Federal Road Safety Corps to intensify efforts on
public enlightenment campaigns, orientation and education of drivers to
be of good behaviour while on highways in order to ensure the safety of
lives and property.
On his part, the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Boboye
Oyeyemi, said his organisation would not have recorded success if not
for the support it got from stakeholders in the road and transport
sector.
He expressed gratitude to the United Nation’s envoy for
sponsoring the capacity building workshop and promised that the corps
would continue to work hard to ensure safety on Nigerian roads.
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