FRSC intensifies campaign in Abuja, 5 other corridors

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has intensified road safety sensitisation with special focus on Nigeria’s six designated corridors known for heavy traffic during festive seasons.

The FRSC Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Olusegun Ogungbemide, on Tuesday.

Mohammed said that the awareness drive covered the Abuja City Gate–Airport Road–Giri–Kubwa–AYA (FCT Metropolis); Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria; Abuja–Lokoja–Zariagi; Benin–Asaba–Awka;  Shagamu–Ijebu Ode–Ore–Benin and Lagos–Ibadan–Egbeda corridors.

He said the routes, alongside about 50 other corridors across the country, served as critical national arteries and experienced heightened vehicular movement as citizens travelled to reunite with families and loved ones during the yuletide.

He further said the sensitisation campaign was aimed at addressing major human and environmental factors responsible for crashes along the corridors.

He noted that unsafe driving behaviours, when combined with adverse weather conditions, ongoing construction activities and disregard for traffic signs, often turned busy highways into scenes of avoidable tragedy.

He also stressed that speeding, wrongful overtaking, lane indiscipline, drunk driving and disregard for traffic control devices significantly reduced reaction time and increased the severity of crashes.

He explained that such violations frequently led to loss of vehicle control, dangerous head-on collisions, pedestrian knockdowns and multi-vehicle pile-ups, which overwhelmed emergency response efforts and left families permanently devastated.

He emphasised that traffic regulations were not punitive obstacles but life-saving safeguards designed to protect all road users.

He said, “Road traffic crashes are not accidents but predictable outcomes of unsafe choices made behind the wheel.

“I urge motorists to cultivate patience and alertness, plan journeys ahead of time, comply with prescribed speed limits, avoid night travel where possible and ensure that vehicles are roadworthy before embarking on any trip.”

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