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REKINDLING THE BIG BROTHER ROLE IN AFRICA - OHAERI OSONDU
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“This year’s award was conferred on the FRSC in recognition of its remarkable achievements in raising political awareness and support for road safety, in addition to its leadership role in the formation of the West African Road Safety Organization (WARSO) and in re-awakening road safety consciousness in the African sub-region as President of the African group of the International Road Safety Organization”.
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Category: RightMotoring Written by JONAS AGWU
“This year’s award was conferred on the FRSC in recognition of its remarkable achievements in raising political awareness and support for road safety, in addition to its leadership role in the formation of the West African Road Safety Organization (WARSO) and in re-awakening road safety consciousness in the African sub-region as President of the African group of the International Road Safety Organization”.
As I round up the piece on the Naked Road, share this story with me: Samuel Ketusa lived at Aladimma Estate in Owerri, with his wife and two beautiful children. He had everything, or almost, everything working for him: a well paid job, 3-bedroom apartment, some savings in his account for the proverbial rainy day. He also had been able to buy good cars for himself and his wife. His children were in one of the best private primary schools in Owerri. One day, on his way back from the office, his wife called him to help her buy corned beef for dinner. Parking his car on the opposite side of the supermarket, he began to cross the road. He never made it to the other side. A Peugeot 307 seemed to race out of nowhere to ram into him, sending him flying into the air and landing some meters away on the other side of the road. He was dead before the horrified crowd could get to him.
Category: RightMotoring Written by JONAS AGWU
As I round up the piece on the Naked Road, share this story with me: Samuel Ketusa lived at Aladimma Estate in Owerri, with his wife and two beautiful children. He had everything, or almost, everything working for him: a well paid job, 3-bedroom apartment, some savings in his account for the proverbial rainy day. He also had been able to buy good cars for himself and his wife. His children were in one of the best private primary schools in Owerri. One day, on his way back from the office, his wife called him to help her buy corned beef for dinner. Parking his car on the opposite side of the supermarket, he began to cross the road. He never made it to the other side. A Peugeot 307 seemed to race out of nowhere to ram into him, sending him flying into the air and landing some meters away on the other side of the road. He was dead before the horrified crowd could get to him.
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Driving, according to the Revised Highway Code, is more difficult and hazardous when visibility is blurred by weather conditions such as mist, fog, harmattan dusts or other related factors. This has been the case in Abuja and other parts of the country as the heavens daily pour down blessings from above. Remember that before the rains began this year, a good portion of our national highways had been upgraded as promised by President Goodluck Jonathan. Remember also that the result of this improved road network is the increasing cases of speed related crashes. Today I wish to focus on the hazards of driving in the rain.
Category: RightMotoring Written by JONAS AGWU
Driving, according to the Revised Highway Code, is more difficult and hazardous when visibility is blurred by weather conditions such as mist, fog, harmattan dusts or other related factors. This has been the case in Abuja and other parts of the country as the heavens daily pour down blessings from above. Remember that before the rains began this year, a good portion of our national highways had been upgraded as promised by President Goodluck Jonathan. Remember also that the result of this improved road network is the increasing cases of speed related crashes. Today I wish to focus on the hazards of driving in the rain.
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Dr Terry Mene, the World Bank Project Consultant with the Federal Road Safety Corps, once made a statement that caught at the very essence of my being during a discussion on the state of Nigerian roads. According to him, “Our roads are naked.” Never one to be outdone on astuteness, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Osita Chidoka, embellished it this way: “No one builds a house and moves in without furnishing. A road is not a road without the appropriate furniture.” Those two statements set the pace for my piece this week.
Category: RightMotoring Written by JONAS AGWU
Dr Terry Mene, the World Bank Project Consultant with the Federal Road Safety Corps, once made a statement that caught at the very essence of my being during a discussion on the state of Nigerian roads. According to him, “Our roads are naked.” Never one to be outdone on astuteness, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Osita Chidoka, embellished it this way: “No one builds a house and moves in without furnishing. A road is not a road without the appropriate furniture.” Those two statements set the pace for my piece this week.
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In last 3 week’s edition of this discourse, I had written extensively on the issues of night trips and its implications. I had highlighted on the ugly crash incidences associated with night trips, and the causative factors like lack of highway rescue facilities, reduced visibility, as well as other sundry issues that hamper the course of night trip safety.
Category: RightMotoring Written by JONAS AGWU
In last 3 week’s edition of this discourse, I had written extensively on the issues of night trips and its implications. I had highlighted on the ugly crash incidences associated with night trips, and the causative factors like lack of highway rescue facilities, reduced visibility, as well as other sundry issues that hamper the course of night trip safety.
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