The unit commander in-charge of Suleja Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Mr. Olayinka Akande has called for the relocation of Madalla market located along Zuba/ Kaduna road with a view to ease grid lock on the ever busy high way.
He made this know while speaking on the measures the command took to curb crashes during at the just concluded Christmas and new year celebrations, noting that the command would continue to monitor the activities of traders during market days to ensure sanity along the road.
The Assistant Corps Commander (ACC), pointed out that the corps focuse during the last year’s festivities was on reducing road crashes and improvement on enforcement aimed at meeting the strategic goals of FRSC to tackle lost of lives and property on the roads.
According to him, “we embarked on public enlightenment campaign and public education in churches, mosques, motor parks and markets to sensitise members of the public on the inherent danger associated with wrong driving culture”
Akande warned members of the public to avoid committing critical offences such as over loading, over speeding, use of phones while driving and driving under the influence of alcohol, noting that they should cultivate the habit of doing thing that would avoid accidents.
He implored those returning from Christmas and New Year festivities to plan their journey better, adding that FRSC discourages night travelling due to the disadvantages associated with it such as accident and mechanical faults when it occurred one can hardly get prompt assistance.
The UC warned okada riders to desist from plying the high ways and should abide by traffic rules and regulations at all the time just as he commended the chairman Suleja local government for keying into the good programmes and policies of the command in the area of controlling traffic in Suleja and its environs.
