ExxonMobil in partnership
with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched a Pan-Nigeria road safety campaign as part of a
series of road safety programmes to address the menace of road accidents. The three
critical areas of focus for the campaign are; seat belt usage, speed reduction
and use of phone while driving.
According the Corps Marshall
and Chief Executive of FRSC, Osita Chidoka, “road crashes has been a source of concern not only to the people of
Nigeria but to most developing countries and in the next few years, road
crashes may be the third highest killer of mankind”.
Chidoka
said that road crashes do not just happen, they are caused and can be averted,
thus, the need for this campaign which is a national reawakening to address the
challenges of apathy associated with road usage in Nigeria. He commended the
growing partnership between FRSC and corporate bodies particularly ExxonMobil which
he said has shown commitment to issues of road safety and security of human
life in work places
In
his speech, ExxonMobil Executive Director, Udom Inoyo, said that accidents are preventable with the right attitude,
adding that the motivation for ExxonMobil in partnering with FRSC is to ensure
that Nigeria can make a positive change to road safety statistics. He believes
that through the campaign, ExxonMobil will impart its values which places
premium on safety on day-to-day activities which the slogan, “Nobody gets
hurt”. Inoyo called on other stakeholders to support the initiative.
Samson
Makoju, the representative of National Petroleum
Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) expressed their support and hopes that the
result will be quite visible and everybody will soon be counting the gains.
The
Minister of Information Labaran
Maku represented by his Special Adviser, Henry Angulu commended the unique collaboration between the FRSC
and the private sector and assured of them of government support. He said
that the ministry was prepared to render necessary assistance by the use of all
the electronic media to ensuring that the campaign was successful. Mr. Angulu
noted that the Ministry of Information has been giving assistance to the FRSC
by providing enlightenment campaign facilities, saying that they would not
relent on their efforts to render such support when the need arises.
