By Our Correspondent

The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ogoegbunem Ukah, has assured the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC of the support of the State government towards the actualization of road safety ethics on Nigerian roads.

According to our Correspondent, Ukah gave the assurance while hosting a delegation led by the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Delta State, Corps Commander Rindom Kumven, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office, Asaba.

He also reiterated the Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa’s commitment to the safety of lives on our roads, which informed the establishment of the Delta State Traffic Management Authority (DESTMA), specifically to compliment the efforts of the FRSC, especially within the town, so as to leave them free to concentrate on the highways.

Patrick Ukah further maintained that the ministry of information will work in collaboration with the FRSC to sensitize Deltans on the programme of the corps through its electronic and print media, and called on the corps to draw up enlightenment programmes which could be supported by stakeholders on road safety project to educate Deltans on road safety culture and routine.

However, on the part of the Sector Commander of the FRSC, Commander Rindam Kumven, explained that the delegation were in the office of the Commissioner for Information to appeal for support of the ministry in the area of publicizing and sensitizing the general public on the need to inculcate road safety habits, especially regarding over speeding, over loading, use of old and expired tyres and non adherence to road signs.

Rindam Kumven also hinted that the corps was planning to set up a motorized patrol unit along the Asaba-Benin express way which hopefully would help to reduce the increased motor accidents occurring along that road.