The Federal Road
Safety Commission (FRSC) said Thursday that more than 1,000 Nigerians
died in road accidents between March and September this year.
The Corps Marshal, Osita Chidoka, said this in Birnin Kebbi at a one-day sensitisation campaign on speed limit device.
Nigeria
has one of the world’s highest rate of road accidents and the figures
announced by the FRSC are believed to be higher with many cases
unreported.
Mr Chidoka said that statistics indicated that 65
percent of the road accidents recorded during the period under review
were caused by speed.
He was represented at the occasion by Alfred Adeboye, an Assistant Corps Marshal, in charge of zone 10.
The
zone comprises Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states. Mr Chidoka said that
the device was installed by the commission to minimise carnage on the
roads.
Daniel Sayi, the Sector Commander in charge of the state,
said speed limit device would be installed by road safety officials on
vehicles for effective monitoring of drivers. READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/47022.html
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