The Sector Commander of
the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Jigawa,Mr Angus Ibezim, on Wednesday
said 105 road crashes were recorded in the state between January and September.
Ibezim disclosed this during the Ember Months Sensitisation campaign in Dutse
with the theme: “Right To Life On The Highway Non Negotiable”.
He said 49 persons died and 370 others got injured in the different road crashes that occurred during the period under review. “A cursory analysis of our crash record so far in the year shows that in the first quota of 2017, 30 road crashes were reported with 134 people injured and 10 killed. ”
In the second quota, 43
cases were reported with 120 people injured and 13 killed, whereas in the third
quota, 32 cases were reported with 116 people injured and 26 killed, totaling
49 people killed within nine months,” he said. T
he sector commander said
to curtail the ugly menace, the command had intensified its road safety
advocacy, public enlightenment and enforcement. “For instance, within the nine
months under review, the command carried out robust public enlightenment
campaign as follows: 33 times on TV; 117 times on radio; six times in motor
parks; nine times in mosques and eight times in churches,” he said. NAN
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