Fubara don assure road users say dem go get safe environment for Rivers

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara don assure road users say him government no go slack for providing di correct environment wey go make sure say di lives dey safe for di state.

Governor Fubara give di assurance for Port Harcourt yesterday, as him dey deliver keynote address for town hall meeting with stakeholders on road traffic administration and safety management.

Di meeting, wey Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Rivers Sector Command organise, na part of FRSC 2024 Ember month road safety campaign activities for di state.

As him dey represent di Permanent Secretary for di Office of di Secretary to di State Government, Mr. Hamilton Amadi, di governor talk say e necessary make we sabi di UN Decade of Action for Road Safety, wey dey aim to promote road safety, create safe, inclusive and sustainable streets for everywhere.

He observe say to make Decade for Road Safety work; e get need for di FRSC to make sure say dem dey enforce traffic codes well well to keep di road safe for everybody wey dey use am.

E talk say: “Di way road crash dey increase, and wetin e dey do to life and property during di ‘Ember’ months dey call for serious and urgent action to stop wetin we fit prevent as health, social and economic wahala wey dey come from plenty of dise crashes.

United Nations don call road crash di silent pandemic. “Na only when we work togedir to create environment wey every journey dey safe, we fit truly talk say we don speak out against road wahala.

Make we join our hands togeda, and talk no to road accidents this ‘Ember’ months and beyond.”

He talk say plenty accident wey dey happen get ripple effects as “pipo dey lose di lives, properties dey destroy, hopes dey scatter, and di country dey lose.”

Governor Fubara note say “Dis year campaign dey correct, and e match with di dime, e need our collective action to ‘Speak-out Against Dangerous Driving: Crashes Dey Kill More Passengers than Drivers.’

“Dire no beta way to fight di wahala of road crashes than dis advocacy meeting, wey be behavioral change initiative to talk against over-speeding, drink-driving, phoning/texting while driving, dangerous overtaking, and odas,”

Di Sector Commander, Rivers Sector Command, Inyang Umoh, talk say di FRSC believe say public enlightenment na important tool to change pipo attitude on road safety mata.

Dis belief, as e talk am, dey based on say if pipo fit sabi wetin di actions go cause, dem go fit change dem mind to no do wetin dem suppose avoid.

According to Umoh, “Di wahala wey dey to share road with odirs dey plenty but e no too hard, if dem go just follow simple traffic rules and regulations.

Di choice of dis year campaign wey dem name ‘Speak Up Against Dangerous Driving; Crashes Kill More Passengers than Drivers’ na deliberate attempt by di Federal Road Safety Corps to face di issues wey dem don highlight.

“Di need for passengers to talk up against dangerous driving no fit overemphasise, first for dem own safety and also because dem get role to play to save dem own life.

“Dangerous driving dey include behavior like sudden brake, over speed, overtake wey no safe, drunk driving, drive against traffic and so on.

Imagine say you dey sit down for vehicle wey dey go 100km/pH and you dey drive against traffic for Port Harcourt Aba expressway, and one big truck dey just in front of you, well, your guess fit be as good as mine,” e talk.

E come add say dangerous driving na di current common enemy of Nigerians, e dey cause over 40% of road crash for di country.

“Federal Road Safety Corps and National Bureau of Statistics report say for di first quarter of 2024, 3,952 vehicles dey involved for road traffic crash, wey cause 1,471 deaths and 8,659 injuries.

“If we wan reach our destination alive, whedir na short distance or long distance, inside state or outside state, we gatz change our attitude to show say we sabi road safety culture and always use common sense for driving speed,” e stress.

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