FRSC Marshal Engages Transport Stakeholders to Tackle Rising Road Accident Fatalities
Present at the meeting which was held at the Headquarters of the FRSC in Abuja, had attendance representatives of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Association of Luxury Bus Owners (ALBO), National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), among others.
Speaking at the meeting the FRSC Corps Marshal decried the spate of road accident fatality in recent times, which he said had resulted in the tragic loss of at least 91 lives.
Mohammed expressed concern that despite the government’s efforts to provide and maintain transport facilities according to global standards, many drivers continue to undermine these efforts with reckless behaviour on the roads.
He said: “While the government continues to do its best to provide and maintain transport facilities in accordance with global best practices, some road users, especially drivers, have continued to make a mockery of this concerted effort by exhibiting a high level of recklessness on the roads.
“In the last month or thereabout, the Corps witnessed three landmark crashes that were caused by negligence, fatigue, speeding, night trips and dangerous driving.
These crashes include that of Niger State which occurred on September 8 and killed 48 people, that of 12 September 12 which killed 18 people in Sabon Wuse, and that of 15 September 15, which happened in Kaduna State leading to the death of 25 people. These three crashes alone, which proved to have been obviously avoidable, claimed the lives of 91 people. This is alarming and it calls for concern.”
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