Dearth Of Traffic Managers In Nigeria Causing Carnages- FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday blamed increasing carnages and poor traffic management in the country on dearth of personnel in the sector.
The FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of Ekiti, Kogi and Kwara States, Amanche Nwaka, an Assistant Corps Marshall said this during a courtesy visit to the Ekiti state Sector of the FRSC.
He explained that carnage on the nation’s roads could not be totally eradicated due to low level of personnel that could not meet the global standard in all highways where road users drive recklessly.
Nwaka who expressed delight over the inter-agency synergy between the FRSC, the Ekiti State Traffic Management Agency(EKSTMA) and other traffic control agencies in the state noted that the collaboration which complemented the efforts of the commission has greatly enhanced proper use of road and improve the traffic management in the state.
While commending Governor Ayodele Fayose for placing high premium on rehabilitation of roads, the Zonal Commander posited that the huge investment in road infrastructure was a veritable weapon to curtail accidents and deaths on the roads.
“The low manpower in FRSC is affecting our jobs. We have no enough men to deploy in the roads to control traffics and that was why we are encouraging the states to create their own traffic management agencies.
“We want to commend Ekiti for establishing EKSTMA, because it takes great political will to be able to set up such agency.
“The first thing I noticed when I entered Ekiti was that the state has good road networks, they are motorable and this I think has been helping a lot .
“I want to commend all the agencies for collaborating well. There shouldn’t be any rivalry because we are all contributing to national development”, she said.
Earlier in his address, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Environmental and Traffic Control in the State, Mr. Afolabi Ariyo , described the FRSC as a blessing to Nigeria, saying its establishment in 1988 had reduced annual accidents from 25,792 to 9,694 in 2016.
Afolabi added that the infrastructural development being undertaken by Fayose makes it a matter of imperative for traffic managers to be alive to their responsibilities to prevent increasing accidents on the roads.
