We have mapped out strategy to monitor motorists in C’River – FRSC
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The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Cross River State, Mrs. Elizabeth Fumilayo Akinlade has disclosed that the state command has mapped out a strategy to monitor motorists and subsequently reduce accident rates in the state.
Speaking on Tuesday when she paid a courtesy call on the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Cross River Council in Calabar, the new sector Commander in the state who is also the first female to head that office in the state noted that the FRSC was created by law to ensure that Nigerians stay alive and become meaningful to the country.
She said she was at the Earnest Etim Bassey Press Center to solicit cooperation between her organization and Journalists in the state, noting that such cooperation was necessary if the Corps must succeed.
Her words, “I am here among you to solicit your cooperation in sensitizing the public on why we are carrying out enforcement on our roads.
“Many people do not know that we are helping Nigerians to stay alive because many of those who have died in accidents are in their prime and are supposed to be useful to the country.
“It is unfortunate that here in Nigeria, we have to force people to stay alive. One of our strategic goals is to ensure that we reduce accidents on our roads by 15%,” she said.
She reiterated that her organization has mapped out a strategy to monitor motorists in the state and promised that she will work hard to meet the overall goal of the Corps while in the state.
The State Chairman of NUJ, Comrade Victor Udu welcomed the new Commander to the state, thanked her for the kind words in recognizing the role of Journalists in the course of her job, and pledged cooperation for proper information dissemination about the activities of the FRSC in the state.