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The Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Willie Obiano, has restated the commitment of the state government to issues of road safety, saying his administration was committed to supporting the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to accomplish its goals of creating safer road environment in the country.
Obiano stated this when he met with the FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, at the Government House Awka, the Anambra State capital.
The governor said his administration will continue to collaborate with the FRSC in its determination to rid the state of all practices that undermine safety of lives and property of people on the road, noting that with the establishment of the State Traffic Management Agency, the excesses of some motorists who are in the habit of violating traffic rules and regulations with impunity would be curtailed.
While commending the personnel of the FRSC in the state for their immense contributions to the enhancement of socio-economic activities of the state through its safer roads campaigns, the Governor expressed dismay at the recent upsurge in the rate of road traffic crashes in the state capital, particularly at the Immigration junction where a fatal crash occurred recently claiming many lives.
“FRSC has been doing well in the state, and the state government will continue to support it to perform better through collaboration and provision of logistics,” he stated.
“That is why we have been sending the personnel of our Traffic Management Agency to the FRSC Academy at Udi to be trained. We would sustain the collaboration in other areas to ensure that every motorist in the state understands the laws and operates within the limits of the provisions.”
On the fatal crashes occurring along the Immigration junction in the state, Obiano urged the FRSC to take appropriate actions that could address the menace, noting that with the construction work going on in the state, especially at the state capital, there was the need for motorists to exercise caution while driving through the highways.
He added that the state government would continue to take advantage of the FRSC Academy Udi to train other personnel of the state Traffic Management Agency for training on effective traffic management and administration in the state.
Oyeyemi who visited the location of the crash-prone area at the Immigration junction in the state capital following the alarm raised by the Governor directed immediate conduct of safety impact assessment by the Corps Safety Engineering of the FRSC to determine the causes and solutions to the crashes.
The Corps Marshal further directed that as part of the immediate measures, the Anambra State Sector Command would commence immediate surveillance patrol around the area and ensure that a patrol vehicle is deployed there in the evening to warn vehicles approaching the junction.
Oyeyemi also directed that adequate traffic signs be mounted in other locations of the state where construction works are going to avoid motorists running into the construction workers on duty.
It would be recalled that Anambra state is one of the states in the Federation with own State Traffic Management Agency whose personnel engage in urban traffic management to complement the efforts of the FRSC which is the lead agency for road traffic management and administration in the country. Its personnel have therefore, been trained in batches at the FRSC Academy Udi and Training School Jos.
