70% of drivers attached to Governors have expired licences and are not well trained - FRSC Corps Marshal.
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Corps Marshal Boboye Oyeyemi has disclosed that seventy per cent of drivers attached to most state governors have expired licences and are not well trained.
Oyeyemi, who was represented by Assistant Corps Marshal/ Head Policy, Research and Statistics Kayode Olagunju, stated these yesterday, May 25, when he visited Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello in Government House, Minna in continuation of the commission’s public sensitization on use of standard tyres.
The corps marshal said the Federal Government is working on sensitisation programmes for drivers in the convoy of chief executives to educate them. He explained that lack of knowledge on the expiration date of tyres by drivers has led to the loss of lives and other challenges in traffic management, adding that this led the FRSC to begin a nationwide sensitisation on use of standard tyres.
According to him, agood percentage of road crash was caused by expired tyres. He stressed that people were not taking the issue of tyres seriously as the usage of expired tyres, over-inflating and under-inflating of tyres were among the most significant challeges in the country's traffic management.
Oyeyemi, however, hailed the governor’s efforts in the massive construction and rehabilitation of roads network within the state. He added that it would help in reducing carnage on highways and save lives of motorists.
The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammed Ketso, urged the commission to create a synergy with other safety officers to ensure that the sensitisation programme get to the grassroots.
Source: The Nation
Oyeyemi, who was represented by Assistant Corps Marshal/ Head Policy, Research and Statistics Kayode Olagunju, stated these yesterday, May 25, when he visited Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello in Government House, Minna in continuation of the commission’s public sensitization on use of standard tyres.
The corps marshal said the Federal Government is working on sensitisation programmes for drivers in the convoy of chief executives to educate them. He explained that lack of knowledge on the expiration date of tyres by drivers has led to the loss of lives and other challenges in traffic management, adding that this led the FRSC to begin a nationwide sensitisation on use of standard tyres.
According to him, agood percentage of road crash was caused by expired tyres. He stressed that people were not taking the issue of tyres seriously as the usage of expired tyres, over-inflating and under-inflating of tyres were among the most significant challeges in the country's traffic management.
Oyeyemi, however, hailed the governor’s efforts in the massive construction and rehabilitation of roads network within the state. He added that it would help in reducing carnage on highways and save lives of motorists.
The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammed Ketso, urged the commission to create a synergy with other safety officers to ensure that the sensitisation programme get to the grassroots.
Source: The Nation
- OGA...STOP COMPLAINING...IT IS YOUR 4UKIN JOB. DO IT. ENFORCE IT, AND LET US SEE RESULTS.
- D WAY AND MANNER U DO IT IS YOUR BUSINESS...IF U CHOOSE TO ARREST THE SAID DRIVERS....GO AHEAD AND BLOODY WELL DO SO.
- JUST DO IT....COS TOO MANY LIVES ARE WASTING ON OUR 4UKED UP ROADS. IT IS HELL ON OUR MOTOR WAYS.
- AND PLEASE WHAT HAS DIS BULL-SHIT ABOUT GOVERNORS DRIVERS GOT TO DO WITH THE UNENDING CARNAGE ON OUR ROADS???
- WHAT IS THE % OF THESE DRIVERS U REFER TO ON OUR ROADS???
- HOW MANY OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROADS ARE BETTER TRAINED THAN THESE DRIVERS U MENTION???
- PLEASE PLEASE GO AND DISSIPATE YOUR ENERGY ON REDUCING ROAD ACCIDENTS THROUGH PRACTICAL REALISTIC MEANS LIKE BUYING 'SPEED RADARS' FOR YOUR MEN TO USE IN CATCHING OVERSPEEDING VEHICLES.
- IF AT DAT POINT U ARREST A GOVERNOR'S DRIVER, THEN WE CAN LISTEN TO U
- DONT CRY TO US ABOUT GOVERNORS DRIVERS EXPIRED LICENSE, IF U CANT ARREST DEM FOR THE SAID OFFENCE.
- AFTERALL YOUR BOYS ARE ONLY USING LICENSE RENEWALS TO CHOP MONEY.
- FOR INSTANCE, YOUR OFFICES ARE KNOWN TO COLLECT MORE THAN THE LEGAL FEE FOR RE-ISSUE AND RE-NEWAL OF LICENSES, SO WHY SHOULD PEOPLE BE HAPPY OR ENCOURAGED TO RENEW OR RE-ISSUE???
- MY FRIEND ....'WAKE UP'.
- THERE IS SO MUCH U GUYS CAN BE DOING TO IMPROVE THE DISASTERS ON OUR ROADS....FOR INSTANCE THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN DRIVER DOES NOT KNOE WHICH LANE IS 'SLOW' LANE, OR 'FAST LANE'. HOW MUCH EDUCATION DO YOU GUYS GIVE DEM???
- DO YOUR BOYS STOP PEOPLE FOR WORN TYRES??? IS DAT THEIR PRIORITY???
- OGA...U SEF NEED SERIOUS EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
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