The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command,
on Wednesday said it had taken its campaign to schools in the state to educate
the pupils/students on safety issues.
Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector
Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, that the
measure was part of the command’s programmes to ensure safety on the roads in
the future. Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC boss Oladele said that the measure would also
help to prepare the pupils/students early enough as the next generation of
drivers in the country. He said that the FRSC would lay emphasis on youth
education and truck safety in 2018 to reduce crashes on the country. “The FRSC
has commenced preaching of safety across schools and organisimg programmes for
truck drivers to ensure sanity and protection of lives and property on the
highways,’’ he said. The sector commander said that some truck drivers drove
recklessly on the highways and in most cases such drivers did not belong to
unions. He, however, said that the FRSC had been in contact with truck owners
to see how the challenge could be addressed. “We want to see how we can
organise those drivers without a union to form one so that their excesses and
tension created by them could be reduced.’’ Oladele also noted that nobody
could function effectively if the person were not properly trained. He said
that the FRSC had certified members of staff that were competent to train truck
drivers. NAN
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