Vice President Kashim Shettima has ordered a holistic overhaul of Nigeria’s road safety measures to address the increasing road accidents across the country.
The VP gave the directive during a meeting with the leadership of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, led by its Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.
This was contained in a statement issued by the spokesman to the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha on Friday.
He said the directive is aimed at addressing the country’s road safety challenges and significantly reducing accidents across the nation.
According to Nkwocha, Vice President Shettima stressed the urgent need to address the increasing road crashes on the nation’s highways. He highlighted the importance of leveraging technology and enforcing discipline to improve road safety.
“We need a comprehensive solution for our road safety challenges. The whole ecosystem is not as it should be,” the VP said.
He emphasized the need for “deliberate efforts toward addressing our road challenges,”. This is in line with international best practices in countries like Dubai and the UK.
“In places like Dubai and the UK, they have a mechanism of checking road traffic violators. Capturing their car number plates and are charged directly from their bank account. This way, people are encouraged to obey the law. We need to be a disciplined nation,” Shettima said.
“The FRSC’s job is intertwined with that of the Nigerian Police as it is part of the security architecture of the nation,” he said.
The Vice President used the occasion to draw parallels to successful security initiatives he had observed in Enugu State.
He said, “I was in Enugu yesterday, and the State Government is doing so well. The Governor has put in place a security architecture where the whole town and the whole State are under surveillance including the forest areas.”
Nkwocha informed that Vice President Shettima will, in the coming days, inaugurate the National Road Safety Advisory Council. “The Council is saddled with the responsibility of reducing traffic accidents by half before 2030,” he said.
source: Channels TV
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