The Federal Street Security Corps (FRSC), has stated that greater than 3,767 folks misplaced their lives in 7,011 Street Site visitors Crashes (RTC) in Nigeria between January and September 2024.
The Corps Marshal of FRSC, Shehu Mohammed, acknowledged this in Bauchi yesterday, in the course of the flag off of the 2024 street visitors crash victims remembrance week at St. John’s Evangelist Cathedral Church.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN), reviews that the 2024 World Street Site visitors Crash victims remembrance week is tagged: “That Day”, which was fastidiously crafted to inform the tales of the day when visitors collisions stopped or modified the course of the sufferer’s lives perpetually.
The Bauchi State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Istifanus Ibrahim, who represented the Corps Marshal, added that greater than 22,373 others sustained varied levels of accidents throughout the interval underneath overview.
He stated Nigeria, being the most important nation in black Africa, suffers extra from the devastating impact of street visitors crashes on account of her inhabitants.
The Corps Marshal additional stated that the goals of the 12 months 2024 World Day of Remembrance for RTCs Victims are to offer avenue to recollect each the deceased and people within the hospitals recuperating.
“The day is to acknowledge the essential work of the emergency companies, draw consideration to the commonly trivial authorized response to culpable street deaths and accidents and advocate for acceptable response.
“It’s to additionally advocate for higher help for street visitors victims and sufferer households in addition to to advertise evidence-based actions to stop and ultimately cease additional street visitors deaths and accidents,” he stated.
Shehu defined that the church exercise was a part of a collection of actions lined up for the remembrance week, including that the identical gesture could be replicated at a Jumaat Mosque on Friday.
He reiterated the FRSC’s dedication in the direction of making efficient use of non secular platforms to get the message of street security to the folks by interesting to the conscience and consciousness of street customers.
He urged all tiers of presidency and authorities involved to enhance vehicular security by adoption of the Secure System Strategy. “We additionally name on motorists, pedestrians and all street customers to recognise the truth that street visitors crashes kill extra passengers than drivers and therefore the necessity to do not forget that street security is a collective duty,” he stated.
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