FRSC arrests 23,287 offenders in three months

April 10, 2014 by Agency Reporter 
   
 


FRSCLAGOS-2.jpg
The Lagos State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission  said on Wednesday that it arrested 23,287 traffic offenders in the state in the first quarter of the year.
The state’s Sector Commander, Mr. Chidi Nkwonta, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the offenders were involved in 26,076 traffic offences.
Nkwonta said that lack of caution signs, defective windscreens and non-usage of seat belts topped the list of the offences.
“We were able to arrest 23,287 offenders for 26,076 offences in the first quarter of this year.
“We will not cease to enlighten motorists and enforcing traffic regulations to reduce losses on our roads.
“All actions that are injurious to road safety will be checked on our roads and we will be further committed to restore the road safety culture on all road users,’’ Nkwonta said.
Statistics made available to NAN showed that the command arrested 7,710 offenders for 8,606 offences in January and 8,112 offenders for 9,126 offences in February.
The statistics also indicate that 7,465 traffic offenders were arrested for 8,344 offences in March.
Nkwota urged motorists to consider their safety and that of their passengers above all the reasons they might have to disregard rules.
“Life does not have any duplicate, obedience to traffic laws should be considered as a civic obligation by all motor drivers, cyclists and tricycle riders,’’ he said.
Nkwonta said the commission was committed to achieve its goal of ‘zero crashes’ on the country’s highways.
He added that the FRSC would intensify enforcement of traffic regulations to reduce auto crash casualties in the state.
Nkwonta urged motorists to shun dangerous driving, overloading, drunk-driving and other acts that were inimical to road safety.
“The nation cannot continue to lose lives to road crashes and all motorists must be made to obey traffic rules,” he said

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Flattening Coronavirus (Convid-19) Curve

Image
The  coronavirus  has officially been declared a “pandemic” by the World Health Organization (WHO). What that means is that it is spreading widely in the world, and countries should increase their efforts to address the situation. Outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic: what is the difference? When talking about a disease, these terms can be confusing. An “ outbreak ” is an increase in the number of people who have a certain disease in a community, or geographic area. For instance, seasonal flu each year. An “ epidemic ” is when that outbreak spreads rapidly to others. A “ pandemic ” is when the infectious agent has spread globally. It often occurs with a new strain of a virus, like this novel coronavirus. When will the coronavirus outbreak end? The current outbreak of coronavirus will end with a vaccine or something known as " herd immunity ." Herd immunity, or community immunity, is when a high percentage of the community becomes immune ...
Read more

Pounded Yam

Image
Iyan (Pounded Yam) is a known and prestigious staple popular among the highly educated and illiterate Nigerian. Iyan is what Yorubas call it. In Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River and some other states, pounded yam is a choice food when having a traditional event like marriage, naming, chieftancy title awards, coronation of a new King and buffets.  Iyan is made from pounding yam repeatedly with a club like cooking utensil called Pestle inside a bucket like cooking utensil (Mortar). The yam is first peeled then washed in clean water. It is then boiled till its soft and then placed in the mortar. The pestle is used to pound the boiled yam into a dough like staple that is high in vitamins, tasty, filling and a true dining experience. Pounded Yam is usually eaten with egusi, efo or whatever soup of choice comes to mind.  There are other ways to prepare pounded yam that are less stressful. You can use a machine that boils the pealed yam (you can test whether it is well ...
Read more

You Belong to the kitchen Buhari replies Aisha Warning

Image
President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to the BBC interview with his wife, Aisha, where she questioned his leadership. The President is on a state visit to Germany, from where he had reacted to the interview during a joint press briefing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Associated Press reports that he laughed it off and said: “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room.” He also said that he had much more political experience, AP reports. Aisha, in an interview with the BBC, had said that the president did not know most of the top officials he had appointed. She said: “The President does not know 45 out of 50, for example, of the people he appointed and I don’t know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years. “Some people are sitting down in their homes folding their arms, only for them to be called to come and head an agency or a ministerial position.” In the BBC interview, the First Lady...
Read more