The Federal Road Safety Commission on Monday confirmed the death of 472 persons in more than 500 road accidents in different parts of the country in December 2010.
The Corps Marshall of the FRSC, Mr. Osita Chidoka, made the confirmation in Lokoja on Monday while reviewing the activities of the commission in the last month of 2010, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
He said the commission would come up with the state-by-state statistics of road accidents in the period, saying that the three states with the lowest number of crashes would be rewarded.
Chidoka described the activities of the commission in the last three months of 2010 as successful, saying that the number of deaths and accidents recorded was low when compared with December 2009.
He commended the police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigerian Air Force for collaborating with the FRSC to reduce carnage on the nation’s highways, saying that the introduction of aerial survey was helpful.
Chidoka, who was in Lokoja to monitor the flow of traffic on the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja Road, said the commission would further mobilise resources toward reducing road crashes.
He commended the media and other stakeholders for their support but said that a lot still needed to be done in the effort to change the attitude of drivers and other road users.
Chidoka was accompanied by the Zonal Commander of the FRSC, Mr. Austin Aipoh; Mr. Kayode Olagunju and the Kogi Sector Commander, Mr. Sunday Maku.
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Posted: at 5-01-2011 12:16 AM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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God ain't magician that will wave his magic wand. Nah!
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Quote from: elusakin on 5-01-2011 05:56 AM
Do you guys have to comment when you have nothing worthy to say?
God save Nigerians from what? Will God tell you not to drink and drive? Will God tell you not to over-speed? Will God tell you to make your vehicle road-worthy before you place them on the roads?
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God ain't magician that will wave his magic wand. Nah!
Just thinking...
guy sometime i wonder hw u re viewing ur own thing, u re the one who need to keep calm if u have no reasonable thing to say....
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