The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has identified more community involvement in traffic management as one of the panacea for checking road accidents.
TRACE’s Corps Commandant Commander Seni Ogunyemi, stated this while decorating 40 newly inducted TRACE mayors in Ogijo in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.
He said the inauguration of the mayors was overdue, considering the high level of traffic bottlenecks and accidents within the area.
He said: “The inauguration of these TRACE mayors is long overdue, and it has been our plan to do that because of the incessant traffic bottleneck that our people usually experience within this axis. It is however my belief that with the inauguration of these mayors, this will reduce drastically. We hope that these new mayors would be able to ensure the stoppage of the usual weekly accidents recorded on this route.’’
He urged the new mayors to be alive to their responsibilities, adding that they are expected to abide to the rules of the command, and shun vices.
Earlier, the immediate past Commissioner for Housing Mr. Daniel Adejobi, advised the new mayors to see their appointments as a call to duty and service to humanity, urging them to discharge their duties with all their might.
Responding on behalf of the newly TRACE mayors, Alhaji Sule Onasipe Jamiu, praised the state government for giving them the opportunity to serve in their communities, promising that they would discharge their duties to the best of their knowledge.