Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has condoled with the families of the victims of the Kano-Zaria road crash.
Gatekeepers News reports that FRSC’s, Corps Marshal Boboye Oyeyemi has commiserated with the families of the victims of the ill-fated fatal road traffic crash that occurred around Bagauda Law School, on the Kano-Zaria expressway.
Oyeyemi, while consoling with the family in a statement, therefore, ordered Commanding Officers to with immediate effect, step up enforcement on the installation of speed limiting devices by commercial vehicle operators nationwide.
He noted that the order is to further intensify the implementation of the Presidential directives of 2016 on all-round enforcement on the compulsory installation of speed limiting devices by commercial vehicles across the board.
While expressing deep concern over the ugly incident and the loss of precious lives that followed, the FRSC boss stated that bringing to an end, speed-related crashes is one of the cardinal strategic goals the Corps intends to achieve this year, hence the urgent need to clampdown on commercial vehicles who refuse to comply with the policy on the installation of a speed limiting device.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem stated that preliminary reports from the crash investigation team revealed that the unfortunate, fatal but avoidable crash which occurred as a result of speed limit violation, involved two Toyota Busses with the following registration details KBT 152 XA and NSR 275 ZX.
The two vehicles conveyed a total of 45 passengers as at the time of the crash. Out of the 45 passengers, 26 were injured while 19 comprising of 15 male adults and 4 female adults were killed.
Oyeyemi further stated that the Corps has continually carried out with all sense of responsibility and commitment, the Presidential directives issued on clamping down on excessive speed, that is why the Corps has put up several policies and enforcement strategies among which include the compulsory installation of speed limiting device which commenced with commercial vehicles.
According to him, ” Most of these crashes are highly avoidable, only that most drivers and other road users do not harken to the training, sensitisation, and enlightenment programmes that the Corps has continually put in place to mitigate road mishap”.
“As the lead Agency in road safety administration and traffic management, we shall continue to strategically deploy the combination of operational and public education tools and personnel to ensure that road users are properly enlightened and checkmated for the safety of all” he added.
The Corps Marshal, therefore, called on all road users to religiously adhere at all times to all established traffic rules and endeavour to listen to the National Traffic Radio 107.1 FM for real-time traffic updates, road safety education, and others that could entrench safe road use culture.
