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  • Traffic agency calls for installation of CCTV cameras to monitor crashes

    Mr Seni Ogunyemi, the Corps Commander, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has called for the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras on major highways in the state to monitor road accidents.

    Ogunyemi said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta while playing host to executive members of the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN), Ogun Chapter in his office.

    Ogunyemi, who was represented by the Deputy Corps Commander, Shola Bamidele, called for concerted efforts to minimize high rate of crashes in Ogun.

    He said such efforts would reduce rate of casualties and rate of deaths resulting from road traffic crashes within the state.

    He added that a lot of facilities and equipment were needed to effectively boost the activities of the TRACE across the state.

    He called on individuals and corporate organisations to assist the agency with modern equipment to aid its operations.

    He urged journalists to be objective, truthful and responsible in their news reports, saying that the reports had a lot to do with the continuous peace and progress of the nation.

    He said inaccurate accident reports on social media had unsettled many Nigerians and caused confusion in the country.

    He said that misrepresentation of such facts had created fear and panic among road users and members of the public.

    He called for synergy between the traffic agency and online journalists on adequate alert of road crashes which he said would save many victims.

    “Your coming is very timely because we have considered online media practitioners association faceless group of people who hide under the use of social media.

    “Your association should put in place control mechanism to checkmate the quackery in the profession,” he said.

    Speaking earlier, the OMPAN chairman, Mr Kayode Akin-Samuel, gave the assurance that the association would support the agency.

    NAN

  • Easter: TRACE commences Operation Safety Patrol

    Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), says it has commenced Operation Safety Patrol for Easter to ensure safety of lives and property in the state.

    Mr Seni Ogunyemi, TRACE Corps Commander, made the disclosure on Wednesday, in a statement in Ota, Ogun.

    Ogunyemi said that the traffic agency had deployed 350 personnel, 23 patrol vehicles and 20 tow trucks to cover the state before, during and after the Easter.

    “The exercise is to ensure effective traffic management in all the nooks and crannies of the state, especially at diversion points where re-constructions are going on,” he said.

    He explained that TRACE would collaborate with other sister agencies to ensure timely clearance of obstruction, prompt rescue and emergency services.

    Ogunyemi further stated that the exercise would involve all road users through the TRACE traffic whistle blower initiative, TRACE emergency traffic service and its community traffic management scheme.

    He reminded the people that safety on road was a collective responsibility of all road users.

    While felicitating with Christians on the occasion  the TRACE boss urged them to reflect on the reason for the season.

    Ogunyemi also implored motorists to be safety conscious and ensure strict compliance to traffic rules and regulations.

    He said any contravention of traffic rules during the celebration would lead to such vehicle impounded, adding that it would not be released until April 9.

    The TRACE boss advised members of the public to call the following numbers, 07069245555, 08101792333 and 07034110281, in case of emergency or feedback calls.

     

  • Ogun Traffic agency decries reckless driving by tanker drivers

    Ogun Traffic agency decries reckless driving by tanker drivers

    Mr Seni Ogunyemi, the Corps Commander, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps ( TRACE ), on Monday decried the rising rate of fatal accidents caused by  tanker drivers’ reckless driving.

    Ogunyemi spoke in a telephone interview in Ota while commenting on the death of four people allegedly caused by tanker drivers between Oct. 19 and Oct. 21.

    The corps commander said that the increasing road crashes involving tanker drivers was due to reckless driving and poor maintenance of their vehicles.

    Ogunyemi said that the tanker drivers were not heeding to the corps’ campaign on road safety and the need to update their training.

    According to him, this attitude is not helping the corps in its efforts to curb carnage on the roads.

    “Ogun Government can no longer tolerate and allow the tanker drivers to continue to kill innocent souls in the state.

    “The state government will not hesitate to prosecute and subject erring drivers to psychiatric tests and sometimes jail if found guilty in the court of law,” he said.

    Ogunyemi, however, urged the drivers to exercise caution while driving on the highways so that lives and property would no longer be wasted through needless and avoidable accidents in the state.

    NAN

  • Ogun road crash- ’22 die, 152 injured

    Ogun road crash- ’22 die, 152 injured

    At least 22 people died while 152 others sustained injuries in 74 road crashes in Ogun during the last Sallah holidays, the state road safety authority has said.

  • 35 killed in Ogun auto accidents

    35 killed in Ogun auto accidents

    The Corps Commander, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE),  Seni Ogunyemi, said on Monday that 35 persons have died from road accidents in the state in the last two months.

    He said 51 road accidents were recorded in June out of which 13 persons died, 95 injured and 447 traffic offenders arrested.

    “As at July 30, 47 road accidents occurred. In these crashes, 22 persons died and 88 injured,” Ogunyemi said.

    The corps commander said 479 persons were arrested for offences ranging from violation of traffic rules and driving without license, among others.

    He urged road users in the state to be cautious on the highways.

    He also advised motorists to always fasten their seat belt while driving and ensure they had “C-Caution’’ in their vehicles to prevent articulated vehicles from ramming into them.

    NAN