The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Command, Wednesday, said it will partner with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Anambra State Council to sensitise the public on safe driving.
The State Sector Commander, FRSC, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, disclosed this when the Executive members of the State NUJ paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Awka
Irelewuyi maintained that the partnership became necessary because most road crashes in the country are caused due to human factors.
He expressed optimism that with increased media campaigns, accidents would be reduced to the barest minimum.
“Most of the accidents are attitudinal. A vehicle cannot pick itself up and run above the speed limit. Someone must do that. A vehicle cannot overload itself. Someone has to overload it. A vehicle cannot on its own illegally overtake another if no one is driving it. So, the human factor is the main factor that causes a road accidents. And it is attitudinal.
“You can only change how a person behaves by meeting with the person. We need the media to sensitise the public on that. We need the media to get maximum reach to people through radio, television, newspapers, social media and others. You are our key stakeholders. We have realised that our works as safety managers on highways cannot be done without cooperation,” he stated.
He further tasked the NUJ on effective utilisation of its Special Marshall unit to educate the public, and control the traffic, even as he assured that the command was ready to support the Union on its planned safety week celebrations, among other things.
Earlier, the Chairman, NUJ, Anambra State Council, Dr Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, said the visit was aimed at strengthening the relationship existing between the media and the FRSC officers, as well as to establishing a partnership with the command in the Union’s planned safety week and other events.
Odogwu, who also commended the Sector Commander and his team for being corrupt-free in the discharge of their duties, called on the officers to sustain the tempo.
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