FRSC partners with stakeholders to tackle road crashes in Sokoto

To reduce road crashes especially during the ember months, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has solicited partnership with stakeholders.

The Sector Commander in Sokoto State, Mr Kabiru Yusuf-Nadabo, made the call at the flag-off of statewide ember months campaign, at Kwannawa motor park in Sokoto on Wednesday.

The sector commander warned motorists to avoid over-speeding, dangerous overtaking, overloading and use of expired tyres on their vehicles to curtail road traffic crashes.

According to him,  the annual event was to raise awareness on the need for motorists to embrace road safety culture.

The last three months of the year is usually marked by increased vehicular movements, making our roads very busy as drivers hasten to make more money.

This is why you see motorists, particularly commercial drivers overloading their vehicles, indulging in speeding, dangerous overtaking and use of unsafe or expired tyres, he added.

Yusuf-Nadabo encouraged motorists to adhere to traffic rules and regulations, so as to have accident-free ember months.

Alhaji Akibu Dhalhatu, the state Commissioner for Information and Culture, who represented Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, said that road safety should be a collective responsibility and called for more support to the FRSC in its bid to make the roads safer for all users.

Dhalhatu also urged motorists to obey traffic rules and regulations.

He added that there was need for aggressive awareness campaign to educate motorists to abide by traffic rules and regulations at all times.

Motorists should plan their journeys carefully and avoid hasty and night travels.

When such crashes happened at night, there are always more causalities and deaths, because those victims will not be able to get help on time, Dhalhatu said.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), lectures on road safety rules, vehicles condition and need for community partnership in road safety management were presented at the event.

NAN received the best supporting media organisation award at the event.

Some awards were also presented to other media organisations, traditional rulers and road transport workers, among others.