The President of the Automobile and Touring Club, Ishaku Bamaiyi has lamented the lack of school zones in most schools in Bwari Area Council, a suburb in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Bamaiyi explained that a lot needed to be done in this regard to avert or reduce traffic accidents to the barest minimum number of school children.
He said this during a Road Safety Grant Programme, organised by the Automobile and Touring Club of Nigeria (ATCN) in Abuja.
Bamaiyi said: “On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, we went for a needs assessment in four school zones in Bwari Area Councils.
“We were saddened by the state of school zones and how pupils cross the roads to and fro.
“A lot needs to be done in this regard to avert or reduce traffic accidents to the barest minimum number of school children.”
Bamaiyi said the organisation had organised campaigns in Ebonyi, Ekiti, Lagos, Kaduna, Niger, Nasarawa, and Abuja.
He said 100 drivers have been trained in school zones to promote awareness of road signs, especially the zebra crossing in front of schools and other locations.
Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi said about nine fatal crashes, involving deaths of students who make use of highways in the FCT, were recorded between January and March this year.
The corps marshal, who was represented by the FCT Sector Commander, Samuel Ochi, said children and adults, aged between 10 and 45 years make up o70 per cent of Nigerian road users.