By Peter Usman
Abuja (Nigeria) — In its determination to ensure sanity on roads in Nigeria’s Capital Territory, the Federal Road Safety Corps has said that it apprehended and referred for psychological evaluation, over 4,000 traffic offenders within the last 3 months.
The new Federal Capital Territory Sector Commander of the Corps, Ayuba Gora Wobin made this known when he paid a working visit to the FCT Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello.
The Commander used the occasion to assure FCT residents of the preparedness of the Command to ensure safety on the roads these ember months.
Wobin who was recently deployed to FCT conveyed the appreciation of the Corps to the Federal Capital Territory Minister for his interest and contributions to road safety issues in the Territory.
“Since my assumption of office as the Sector Commander in the FCT, I have taken keen interest to observe the great contributions of the administration to the efforts to reduce road crashes and safeguard the lives of road users here”, he said.
“Permit me to mention a few of the initiatives that have positively contributed to road safety in the FCT. These include; the pragmatic efforts of the Minister towards clearing obstructions on the roads, provision of walkways and enforcement of the use of the pedestrian bridges, as well as the prompt response of concerned FCT agencies to emergencies and others.”
Wobin however appealed for the support of FCT Administration towards the execution of its patrol activities during the ember months, while pledging his support to the Administration towards ensuring safer roads
The Minister, while appreciating the sector commander for the visit, said the relationship between the Command and the FCTA is a very long and close one
Malam Bello noted, particularly, the collaboration with the Sector Command for the enforcement of the use of pedestrian bridges in the city, which has saved uncountable lives.
“In Dei Dei, if you check your records, you will see what it used to be before the enforcement on the use of the pedestrian bridges. Pedestrians were being run over on a daily basis, but today that ugly experience has been stemmed.”
The Minister expressed concern over the spate of violation of traffic regulations and the challenge of traffic management in Abuja, which he said, informed the appointment of the new Secretary of Transport, Kayode Opeifa.
Bello stated, “He (Opeifa) served as Commissioner in Lagos for quite some time. So, he is among the experts in this field. A lot of our interventions we wanted to embark upon were deliberately kept on hold because we wanted to get the right personnel. I hope that you would work closely together with him to evolve dynamic solutions to the challenge of traffic violations in the FCT.”
