Road mishaps claim 1,398 persons in Ogun, says FRSC

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NIGERIA: NO fewer than 1,398 persons have been killed in auto crashes across the nooks and crannies of Ogun State in the last four years, the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in the state, Clement Oladele, has disclosed.

Oladele, who said this on Monday when he paid a courtesy call on the leadership of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Chapter in Abeokuta, explained that the deaths were recorded between 2011 and 2015.

According to him, majority of the crashes occurred on the highways within the state, while some accidents, too, were recorded within the roads in the towns.

Oladele stressed that within the last four years, 2,472 road mishaps were recorded while 1,500 persons sustained various degrees of injuries, with some sustaining permanent disabilities.

He added that Ogun State is occupying the fifth position on the frequency of road accidents list in the country.

To curb frequency of accidents on the roads, Oladele disclosed that a master plan would soon be worked out in this direction.

The FRSC boss stated that the master plan to be known tagged “Gateway Road Safety Strategy,” will cover 2017 to 2030.

This measure, he added, would make the state highways safer for a better Nigeria.

Oladele also said that the corps would engage in aggregate mobilization of all relevant stakeholders to action, through state and local areas, traditional rulers, religious leaders, leaders of thought and academia, to stem the tide of accidents on the roads in the state.

He explained that other measures include the roles of road traffic managers, transport operators, conglomerates with large fleet, youths, students, physically challenged and road users.