When they speak, up the possibility of safer mobility into the New Year 2025 is assured
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Kaduna Zone in collaboration with Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation, National Ear Centre, Sight Savers and Kaduna State has conduct two-day medical outreach in Kaduna.
In his remarks at the ceremony, the zonal Commanding Officer zone RS1 Kaduna, Assistant Corps Marshal Ahmad Umar said the outreach was aimed at raising awareness and mitigating the menace of road traffic crash within the zone.
According to him, the objective of the medical outreach is in line with the 2024 FRSC Ember Months themed Speak Up Against Dangerous Driving, Crashes Kill More Passengers Than Drivers, which seeks to create awareness on the right of passengers to speak up against dangerous driving by some errant drivers who have insatiable desire to drive dangerously.
“When they speak, up the possibility of safer mobility into the New Year 2025 is assured”, he said.
Enumerating some fatal occurrences, Ahmad said they include over-speeding, driving under influence of drugs and other related substances, riding motorcycles without crash helmets, seat belts use violation and distracted driving among others.
He said all these are observable factors and passengers are strongly encouraged to speak out against reckless driving as road traffic crash kills more passengers than drivers.
In Kaduna zone, Kaduna state in particular, the FRSC statistics is on downward trends which aligns with the WHO Global Status 2023 Report.
To curtail the menace, Corps Marshal Shehu Muhammad said they improved FRSC visibility in terms of deploying personnel and logistics towards ensuring safe mobility into year 2025.
“A total of 868 officers 2996 Marshals are to be deployed alongside 102 patrol vehicles with associated authority devices.
Tour trucks and power bikes are also engaged in Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Jigawa states.
Marshal Muhammad also said the outreach is to test the participants on various medical conditions as blood pressure, hearing and impairment, malaria, asthma and catarrh and similarly provides remedies to these medical conditions.
In her remarks, the Special guest of honour and deputy governor of Kaduna state Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa represented by Commissioner for Health appreciated FRSC Kaduna Zone for the initiative as it demonstrate Corps’ profound commitment to the health and safety of citizens in Kaduna state.
In attendance were the National President of the Road Safety, Officers Wives Associations, CMD Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Kaduna, CMD National Ear Care Centre, Nigeria Airforce and Special Marshals, NYSC RSC among others.