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Rivers State: FRSC Commander Issues Urgent Call for Improved Safety Measures

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By Christy David | Reporting ICC News | January 22, 2024 | Time: 3:16am 

The RS6.1 sector Commander, Corp commander Christopher H. Kuje has issued an urgent call for improving safety measures on the city's roads.

In an interview with ICC Newsmen held earlier today, the commander stated how zeal and passion to save humanity brought him this far, seeing a platform for the liberation of mankind from needs and the Zeal for zero tolerance brought me to the Road safety corps in his words .

The commander said since the establishment of the FRSC on February 18, 1988.  The mandate of road safety has been numerous but he could only exhaust few which were the free enabling environment, removing of road obstructions, going into research for solutions, printing of number plates and driver's license, embarking on road auditing and stakeholders collaborations.

Citing recent statistics, the Commander highlighted that over his 26 years as a road safety officer, one major challenge they've had is the human element and fund instability.

He proceeded by stating their recent engagement in ensuring safety which was on the 14th of December, 2023 where there was a road work from mile one to Rivers Joy with free medical outreach to over 100s of drivers and 172 filling stations were identified for track distribution with the message of safety.

He was indeed happy and thankful to state that almost a 0% of no life was lost in Port Harcourt during the festive season.

The Commander underlined the importance of education and public awareness in promoting road safety as he spoke about the UN international day for education. In his words, he said, Education will help you understand the meaning and essence of peace.  He emphasized the need for drivers to adhere to traffic regulations and is embarking on the project of introducing road safety clubs to schools and meeting with Leaders of both primary and secondary schools to ensure that the clubs are made functionable 

In his concluding words, the commander urges drivers to get their driving license as driving is a serious business and not to allow our sentiment to cost the lives of the people.

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