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  • FRSC tasks drivers on regular eye checks

    Mrs Pat Emeordi, Sector Commander, Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ) has advised commercial drivers and other motorists to go for regular eye checks to in order to know the status of their sights.

    Emeordi gave the advice at a sensitisation rally organised for commercial drivers in Yandoya Motor Park, Jos on Friday.

    She attributed some road crashes to sight defects, hence, the need for drivers to constantly check their sights.

    “Records have shown that poor sight has greatly contributed to some of the accidents on our highways.

    “So, at every opportunity, we encourage drivers and indeed all motorists to go for regular eye checks so as to avoid any ugly occurrence.

    “Once your sight is sharp, the tendency of averting a crash while plying highway is high, ” she said.

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    Emeordi stressed the need for drivers to obey traffic rules and regulations and desist from acts capable of causing carnage on the highway.

    Mr Stephen Akintola, Secretary, Plateau Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), who spoke, thanked the command for the awareness and admonished drivers to heed to the FRSC’s advice.

    Highlights of the event include blood pressure and vision acuity tests at no cost to some motoring public.

  • FRSC to introduce safety education in Plateau public schools

    The Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ) said it would soon introduce road safety education in public primary and secondary schools in the state.

    Mrs Pat Emeordi, the corps Sector Commander in the state, made this known in an interview with the News men on Monday in Jos.

    According her, the initiative is aimed at inculcating safety education in children with a view to increasing their level of awareness.

    “The idea behind this initiative is to catch them young and to enable them understand the fundamentals and rudiments of safety education.

    “We are already talking with the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the state Ministry of Education to ensure the implementation of the initiative.

    “So, by the special grace of God, we shall soon start the programme in Plateau,” he said.

    Emeordi explained that the safety education would be infused into core subjects like English Language, Mathematics, Science and Technical Education, among others.

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    “Government doesn’t need to employ new teachers to teach safety education, but teachers of these core subjects will be the ones to do it.

    “We shall train these teachers who will in turn teach the students in the schools,’’ she added.

    Emeordi called on the state government to support the initiative and the corps in its bid to rid the road of accidents.

    NAN

  • FRSC tasks commercial drivers on routine medical checkups

    FRSC tasks commercial drivers on routine medical checkups

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has charged commercial drivers to go for routine medical checkups.

    The Corps’ Sector Commander in Plateau, Mrs Pat Emeordi, gave the advise at a free medical outreach organised by the command for commercial drivers in the state.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the medical outreach held at the famous Plateau Riders Park and was tagged: “Beyond the Road’’.

    According to Emeordi, the health of drivers remains crucial in the road safety chain, hence the need for medical outreach programmes.

    “We all know that health is wealth, and only a healthy worker can be productive; only a healthy driver can drive well.

    “Unhealthy drivers are not fit to ply the highways, so there is the dire need for drivers, particularly the commercial ones, to go for regular medical checkups.

    “When we have healthy persons plying the highways, the rate of accidents will be reduced to the barest minimum,’’ she said.

    Emeordi charged drivers and other motorists to desist from speeding, overloading, wrong overtaking and other bad road attitudes, so as make the roads safe for all.

    Highlights of the event were a health talk delivered by the command’s Health Officer.

    There was also free blood sugar and eye tests, as well as a blood pressure check.

  • FRSC takes road safety campaign to Churches in Jos

    FRSC takes road safety campaign to Churches in Jos

    The Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has taken its sensitisation of motorists on safety measures to Churches and other worship centres in the state.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the campaign kicked off on Sunday at the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Gigiring, Jos, with the Sector Commander, Mrs. Pat Emeordi, declaring that the initiative was aimed at reducing road traffic crashes.

    “Our visit to this Church today (Sunday) is to commemorate the 4th UN Global Safety Week.

    “The theme for this year’s UN Safety Week is ‘Managing Speed’; we are focusing on that and want to urge all motorists to obey speed limits,” she said.

    She urged Christians to obey traffic rules just as they obey God’s tenets so as to rid Nigeria of crashes on its highways.

    “As Christians, we respect and obey God’s commandments; we should equally obey traffic rules and regulations.

    “God created roads for safety and not for us to die on them. He also created the traffic regulations so that we shall obey them toward safety. So, if we refuse to obey traffic regulations, we are disobeying God,” she said.

    Noting that road accidents do not recognise wealth or status, she challenged Nigerians to support the campaign by cautioning drivers against speeding “even if they are our parents”.

    She warned drivers against wrong overtaking, speeding, overloading and use of phones, saying that anyone caught would face the full wrath of the law.