The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has called on Nigerian to embrace safety ideal by adhering strictly to all traffic rules and regulations.
This, according to the corps, is to make the coming Democracy Day a success.
The call was made by the FRSC in a statement by its spokesman, Corps Commander Bisi Kazeem.
Stressing the importance of safety during the celebration, Kazeem said FRSC had identified democracy day celebration as one of the festive periods in the country that attracts high traffic volume and tendency by people to violate traffic rules and regulations with resultant road traffic crashes, injuries and deaths.
FRSC, he said, therefore warned members of the public to be cautious of the high traffic movement during the celebration in order to take necessary action to avert any ugly incident.
“We are aware that Democracy Day celebration is one period in Nigeria that normally attracts high traffic volume due to massive movement of people from one place to the other for the celebration. Accordingly, FRSC has always put necessary measures in place to address whatever traffic challenges that could affect people’s movements during the celebration,” he said.
Kazeem also said the Corps Marshal of FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, had directed Commanding Officers across the country to intensify patrol and mobilise their personnel for effective management of traffic during the event in order to ensure smooth and safe movement of the people.
He also called on motorists to avoid acts that could undermine their safety and that of other road users, stressing that it was only the living that could celebrate.
“Everyone must operate with the consciousness that road safety is a shared responsibility and must not act in any manner that could affect safety of others,” Oyeyemi was quoted as saying.
