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  • TRACE efforts yielding results

    TRACE efforts yielding results

    •Ogun records low road crashes

    Efforts of the Ogun State Traffic Control and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) are yielding positive results, as the number of crashes and deaths recorded between January and June 2023 is decreasing.

     The agency Commander and Chief Executive Officer, Commander ‘Seni Ogunyemi, made this known in his welcome address read at the 8th annual TRACE Commanders’ Conference/Retreat with the theme: “Traffic Management Solutions and Capacity Building as a Panacea for Traffic Challenges in Nigeria”, held at the Valley View Auditorium, Isale Igbehin, Abeokuta.

    Ogunyemi, who attributed the feat to the effective service delivery and professionalism deployed by the TRACE officers and police, said there were 257 crashes with 429 injuries and 68 deaths within the period, which is a decline from the previous records.

    He said; ‘’The agency over the years has exposed its operatives and officers to different levels and categories of training and retraining for human capital development geared towards professionalism as well as be abreast of contemporary traffic management techniques for effective service delivery’’.

    The TRACE boss said the agency had lined up quite a number of seasoned, highly cerebral and erudite scholars with a great reservoir of knowledge, expertise and experience in road traffic administration and management to deliver papers at the retreat, assuring the people of the state that it would continue to strive harder and intensively on its 24 hours service delivery initiatives to ensure utmost safety on the roads.

    The Commissioner for Transportation, Olugbenga Dairo, said the plan of the current administration for the transport sector is to strengthen it to enable the officers have the capacity and capability to undertake their duties and responsibilities towards achieving the government’s mandates for the people of the state. He implored the public to cooperate and collaborate with TRACE to further achieve more in road management and other related activities.

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    The Head of Service, Mr. Kolawole Fagbohun, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Public Service Reform, Mr. Jola Oyeneye, said effective traffic management required skilled and disciplined personnel with the use of modern technological equipment that would ease their operations.

    He commended the officers for their efficient service delivery on the state roads and corridors, urging them to do more in the discharge of their duties to save lives and property.

    The Chairman, Civil Service Commission, Tokunbo Odebunmi, enjoined the traffic management officers to be proactive and committed to their duties, noting that series of training sessions would be organised to improve officers, as capacity building was imperative in all government agencies.

     Speaking, the guest lecturer, a don at the Faculty of Administration and Management Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Prof. Olayiwola Solanke, in his lecture titled:” Traffic Management Solutions and Capacity Building as a Panacea to Challenges in Nigeria’’, said technology innovation would reduce challenge being experienced in Nigeria, adding that for the country to achieve the desired and effective management of traffic, there would be need for adoption of the technology-driven mode of operation.

  • TRACE stops repair of vehicle by roadside

    The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has warned roadside mechanics to desist from repairing vehicles on the Owode-Ijako and the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, to reduce gridlock in the area.

    The TRACE Corps Commander/CEO Mr Seni Ogunyemi, spoke through Ota Divisional Commander Adekunle Ariyo Ajibade while controlling the hectic traffic in Owode-Ijako, along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, Ogun State.

    Ogunyemi noted that the warning had become necessary as the activities of the roadside mechanics contributed to gridlock in the area, adding that the agency would no longer tolerate such activities including any other obstructions that could hinder free flow of traffic movement along the express. “It has also been discovered that their activities narrowed the road and this is contributing immensely to traffic jams in the area.

    “May I also implore motorists to refrain from parking indiscriminately on the roads as they are also compounding the problems on the Owode-Ijako road and its environs,’’ he said.

    The TRACE boss further warned commercial drivers to desist from obrstructing road through picking and dropping passengers along the axis to ease the free flow of traffic.

    Ogunyemi urged hawkers and street traders on the roads, especially at the Sango-Ota toll-gate, to look for affordable shops where they could display their wares, to stem loss of lives.

    He charged motorists to collaborate with TRACE officials on the Owode-Ijako axis and its environs, to enhance free-flow of traffic on a round-the-clock basis.

    Ogunyemi also enjoined motorists to desist from reckless driving, especially driving against traffic, during the rainy season.

  • ‘Zero tolerance for drunk driving

    The Corps Commander/Executive Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Olaseni Ogunyemi, has said the Corps would no longer tolerate drunk driving.

    According to him, the menace had taken the led to incessant road crashes. He added that any driver, especially heavy duty drivers, who tests positive to alcohol in an accident, will be prosecuted and the vehicle impounded.

    Ogunyemi, who addressed reporters at the scene of three accidents yesterday, said: “Only today, we’ve had three different truck crashes at different locations due to heavy dose of alcohol in the drivers. Why must these people be drunk and still drive, ending up destroying people’s lives and property?

    “We, in the TRACE, will show them the way to the court once they are apprehended. It’s not all about paying fine, but strict obedience to traffic laws. Life is sacred; it must be protected and not wasted.

    “This morning, a Tipper (KJA 557 XV) ran into waiting passengers at Tipper Bus Stop on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway, Owode-Ijako axis, killing one lady instantly and injuring two others.

    “It was gathered from eyewitnesses that the deceased was a nurse waiting for bus to take to her to work. Her remains has been deposited at Ifo General Hospital Mortuary while the victims were taken to the nearby hospital for treatment.”

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    The Owode-Ijako Unit Commander, Temitope Oseni, said the Tipper driver lost control and ran into the pedestrians at the bus stop.

    It was also gathered that the second was a lone serious accident which traffic experts believed must have also been alcohol-induced.

    According to an eyewitness, a cement truck on the Abeokuta/Ibadan Expressway, at Olodo town, Odeda, suddenly veered off the road, hit the road divider, bounced back and finally upturned, blocking half of the expressway. Only the driver and motor boy were injured.

    The third accident, according to a traffic source, was also a lone and serious one. It happened at Sotubo, Ogijo, on the Ikorodu-Sagamu road.

  • Truck crushes three to death in Ogun

    Three persons were on Wednesday evening killed in an accident involving a truck loaded with granite, around Talabi village, inbound Abeokuta on the Abeokuta /Sagamu Expressway.

    Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesman for Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Thursday.

    Akinbiyi explained that the accident which occurred in the evening, involved a Honda car marked NPK 186 PM, Toyota Corolla marked FST 04 ER and a truck with registration number KJA 931 XH.

    “The Honda car inbound Sagamu had tyre burst, lost control and veered to the other side of the road, hitting the oncoming Toyota Corolla inbound Abeokuta .

    “However, the truck that was behind the Toyota car in an attempt to avoid hitting other vehicles from behind veered into the bush and in the process hit three onlookers who were standing by the roadside, killing them on the spot.

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    “Six people were involved in the accident, three male adults and three female adults. Three persons were killed while three others were injured,’’ he said.

    Akinbiyi noted that the accident vehicles were taken to Ibara Divisional Police Office, while the driver of the truck had also been arrested.

    He said that the injured were taken to Federal Medical Centre (FMC), while the corpses of the deceased had been deposited at the General Hospital, Ijaye in Abeokuta.

    Reacting to the accident, Mr Clement Oladele, the state Sector Commander, urged motorists to obey advice given to them by its rescue team in order to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.

    Oladele told NAN in Ota, Ogun that the truck driver had earlier been flagged down by the rescue operation’s team.

    The sector commander said that the advice became necessary for the motoring public because such an accident scene could be dangerous and sometime could lead to other accidents if necessary prevention was not taken.

    According to him, the team was trying to rescue victims from a fatal accident while this speeding truck was flagged down but refused to stop and rammed into the accident victims.

    “The incident was unfortunate and FRSC condoles with the families of the victims.

    “I pray that the Lord will grant the families the fortitude to bear the loss and grant the deceased eternal rest,’’ Oladele said.

    He said that legal proceedings would commence against the reckless driver.

    Oladele, however, warned motorists to desist from disobeying rescue operation team’s advice in order not to face the wrath of the laws.

  • Lagos/Ibadan expressway gridkock: TRACE calls for opening of diversions

    The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) have appealed to Julius Berger Plc to ensure opening of road diversions on Lagos/Ibadan expressway to ease traffic congestions along the corridor.

    its Commander, Olaseni Ogunyemi, who decried worrisome the heavy traffic snarl, pains and inconveniences that travellers experienced in the corridor, said the Corps with other traffic managements’ initial agreement with the road construction company was to ensure the diversions are opening most especially on weekends as it’s the only solutions to end the traffic congestions and guarantee smooth journey of travellers.

    Ogunyemi, who spoke through the Corps Mowe/Ibafo Divisional Commander Olusola Ojuoro, when he led some Corps’ personnel to control the hectic traffic along the corridor during the weekend, said travellers always trapped down on heavy traffic jam along the express mostly on weekends due to high volume of vehicular movements especially outbound Lagos. Adding that majority of the inpatient drivers involved in driving against drivers which is more dangerous to other road users and part of the cause of traffic crashes along the corridors.

    He said there will be continuity of this challenges if Julius Berger Plc fails to cooperate with the Corps and other traffic managements in ensuring the opening of the divisions on weekends, adding that the high rate of vehicles on transit from Lagos to other parts of the country cannot be compare with others states.

    The TRACE Commander warned motorists against all form of indiscipline along the expressway and others roads across the state. He stressed the Corps would continue to have zero tolerance for the disobedience to traffic rules and regulations, especially driving against traffic which had been a common act to some motorists.

    The Corps advised motorist who are in haste to get to their destinations to make use of other alternative routes such as: Iyana-Ipaja-Ota-Ifo-Abeokuta-Sagamu-Benin-Ore expressway, Victoria Island-Lekki-Epe-Ijebu-Ode-Benin-Ore expressway and Ikorodu-Itoiki- Ijebu-Ode-Benin-Ore expressway.

    The Commander said TRACE, FRSC, Police and NSCDC would still be strategically positioned along the expressway to check the excesses of overzealous drivers, particularly where there are road diversions and constructions to regulate, control and ensure free flow traffic.

     

  • Road crashes: 9 die, 84 injured in Ogun

    No fewer than nine persons died while 84 others sustained various degrees of injuries in various road crashes across Ogun between Dec. 15, 2018 and Jan. 15.

    Seni Ogunyemi, the Corps Commander, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Friday.

    The statement which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria was signed by the Corps Spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi.

    Ogunyemi explained that 42 road traffic crashes involving 12 private cars, two private buses, nine commercial buses, four commercial cars, four motorcycles, six medium trucks, five articulated trucks and six other vehicles were recorded.

    He added that during the period, 361 persons were involved in various crashes out of which 84 sustained injuries and nine males died.

    The corps commander said 268 persons were rescued unhurt due to prompt response to emergency by TRACE.

    He noted that 47.18 per cent of the crashes were caused by excessive speeding, 16.5 per cent by dangerous driving and 8.30 per cent by bad tyres.

    According to him, 10.76 per cent of the crashes were caused by driving against traffic and 17.26 per cent by other factors.

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    “Comparing year 2018 to year 2017, road traffic deaths were reduced by 55 per cent, from 20 in 2017 to 9 in 2018.

    “The number of people injured also decreased by 2.33 per cent, from 86 in 2017 to 84 in 2018.

    “Our resolve to reduce deaths and injuries on all roads in Ogun State will be pursued vigorously and relentlessly in 2019 such that no traffic offender shall go unpunished,” he said.

    Ogunyemi appealed to the motoring public to obey all traffic rules and regulations.

  • Truck crushes mother, child to death in Ogun

    Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, on Thursday, confirmed an accident that claimed the lives of three in Ogun.

    He said that a Mack truck loaded with soft drinks on Wednesday crushed a woman and her child to death in an accident which also killed the truck’s Motor Boy at Ajibawo in Atan on Sango /Idiroko road, Ogun.

    Akinbiyi told the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident occurred around 5:45pm and was caused by wrongful overtaking, complicated by loss of control by the truck, marked, LSD 563 XW.

    He added that four people were involved in the accident which included three male and one female, saying that two male and one female died in the accident while one person was injured.

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    “In the process of overtaking another truck ahead of it loaded with granite, the edge of the truck loaded with soft drinks entered a ditch which results in its fall, killing a woman and her child selling along the road and the motor boy,” he said.

    Akinbiyi said that the injured had been taken to Oluwalogbon Hospital, Atan before the arrival of TRACE officials while the corpses had been claimed by their relatives.

    He urged motorists to always obey traffic rules and regulations and also avoid excessive speeding and wrongful overtaking.

  • Three die, five injured in Ijebu Ode expressway accident

    Three persons were confirmed dead while five others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Toyota Sienna and Toyota Previea at J3 Junction, Ogbere on Ijebu Ode/Benin Expressway.

    Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesman for Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abeokuta.

    Akinbiyi said that the accident, which occurred at about 9:33 a.m on Wednesday, was caused by dangerous driving.

    “We learnt that a Preavia bus marked XD 871 KEY coming from Benin and a Sienna with registration number BDG 48 XX coming from Ijebu-Ode were involved in an accident.

    “There were nine passengers in the Previea and six in the Sienna, both were commercial vehicles.

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    “The accident was caused by the driver of the Sienna, in an attempt to make a u-turn, skidded off his lane and rammed into the on coming Previea.

    “The accident claimed the lives of three passengers in the Sienna on the spot.

    “Five others were injured, three of the injured passengers were in the Sienna, while two were in the Previea,’’ he said.

    Akinbiyi said that the injured victims were taken to Ise Oluwa Clinic in Ogbere, while the corpses of the dead were deposited at the morgue in Ijebu Ode General Hospital.

  • Yuletide: TRACE to begin advocacy in motor parks 

    The Mowe/Ibafo Unit Command of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) will on Monday commence door-to-door advocacy at all motor parks along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

    The exercise, according to the  Divisional Commander, Olusola Ojuoro, is aimed at sensitising road users, namely, motorists, passengers, okada riders and  pedestrians on the importance of obeying traffic rules and embarking on defensive driving culture to prevent road accidents during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

    The programme, he said, was in accordance with Corps Commander Abdulfatai Olaseni Ogunyemi’s directives to make the highways safer during the festive period.

    Ojuoro spoke on Thursday shortly after the removal of damaged vehicles obstructing the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway causing a very traffic snarl.

    He said the motor park advocacy would further make the road users strictly adhere to traffic rules during the rushing hours.

    He said the park advocacy /campaign would feature rallies, distribution of safety flyers and controlling of traffic, among others.

    According to Ojuoro, the corps had deployed enough personnel and equipment to patrol the critical corridors such as the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway for quick interventions and evacuations of obstructions on roads.

    He implored motorists to be patient while driving, adding that Julius Berger had planned to open some diversions on the highways on December 22 to further ease the free flow of traffic.

    He urged motorists to avoid drunk driving, overloading, excess speeding, wrongful overtaking, driving under the influence of alcohol and fatigue.

  • TRACE holds international conference

    Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) is set to organise an international conference aimed at rejecting the state’s stigma of “mortuary of the nation” through the incessant auto crashes which had claimed many lives.

    The Corps Commander/CEO, ‘Seni Ogunyemi, who disclosed this to reporters on Thursday, said the  three-day annual TRACE Corps Commanders’ Conference is scheduled to hold between November 30 and December 2.

    According to him, the conference, which will be held in Abeokuta, the state capital, will have in attendance many experts in road safety matters, including Prof. Kayode Oyesiku, pioneer Vice Chancellor of the Tai Solarin University of Education  (TASUED).

    He said this year’s theme would be “Capacity Building for TRACE Senior Officers, a system approach to human capital development to attain goals of road safety vision 2020 agenda”.

    Commander Ogunyemi said: “The conference is aimed to build capacity of its operatives to ameliorate the alarming rate of road traffic crashes on Ogun State traffic corridor.

    “It is also to entrench the safety drive in the consciousness of our operatives and stakeholders alike in order to safeguard and sustain the future generation as posited by the UN on road safety vision 2020 agenda so as to discard the stigma that Ogun State is ‘the mortuary of the nation’, more so that safety on our roads is a collective responsibility”.

    The Corps Commander expressed his happiness that Prof Oyesiku was considered the Guest Speaker because of his deep knowledge and wide experience in the field of road safety. “.