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The FRSC recorded 393 road traffic accidents involving 2,051 people in the FCT between January and March, the FCT Sector Commander, Mrs Susan Ajenge, said on Tuesday in Abuja.
Ajenge said that 96 persons died in the accidents while 618 others sustained various degrees of injury and 2,003 motorists arrested for 2,113 various traffic offences.
She said that seat belt violation topped the offences with 1,183 bookings, adding that the command had introduced “Good Morning Abuja” as campaign to encourage the use of seat belt by motorists.
"The innovation, 'Good Morning Abuja' is a good morning patrol, first thing in the morning, that is why we call it good morning, the people we are apprehending, we say good morning to them.
"It’s informed by the fact that we noticed that a lot of inhabitants of Abuja are not using seat belt: they are either not using seat belt or they are using phone and these two things are dangerous. Because the roads are good, they are carried away; people drive without concentration and thereby some of them will tell you that they forgot to put their seat belt right from their house.
"The operation good morning is to create awareness that even if you are in a hurry to go to work, it is necessary for you to belt yourself properly before you go out so that you can protect yourself and other road users you will meet.
Ajenge described the Nyanya-Abuja expressway as one of the most challenging in terms of road traffic management in the territory.
She, however, said that personnel and equipment from other unit commands in the FCT had been drafted to the route for a special patrol known as "Sanity", to address the challenge.
"What the command is doing, like this operation sanity, I started with Nyanya, because I know that is the most challenging traffic we have. The operation is that we pull men, vehicles, pull resources from the other commands and face that side, (Nyanya expressway), for traffic control and to arrest traffic offenders for wrong parking that is necessarily causing that clash.
"If you see the Nyanya/Mararaba axis, most of this traffic jam is caused by wrong parking, people stopping to pick passengers on the road. ’’
Ajenge appealed to motorists in the territory to respect traffic rules and the rights of other road users to ensure free flow traffic at all times.
Ajenge said that 96 persons died in the accidents while 618 others sustained various degrees of injury and 2,003 motorists arrested for 2,113 various traffic offences.
She said that seat belt violation topped the offences with 1,183 bookings, adding that the command had introduced “Good Morning Abuja” as campaign to encourage the use of seat belt by motorists.
"The innovation, 'Good Morning Abuja' is a good morning patrol, first thing in the morning, that is why we call it good morning, the people we are apprehending, we say good morning to them.
"It’s informed by the fact that we noticed that a lot of inhabitants of Abuja are not using seat belt: they are either not using seat belt or they are using phone and these two things are dangerous. Because the roads are good, they are carried away; people drive without concentration and thereby some of them will tell you that they forgot to put their seat belt right from their house.
"The operation good morning is to create awareness that even if you are in a hurry to go to work, it is necessary for you to belt yourself properly before you go out so that you can protect yourself and other road users you will meet.
Ajenge described the Nyanya-Abuja expressway as one of the most challenging in terms of road traffic management in the territory.
She, however, said that personnel and equipment from other unit commands in the FCT had been drafted to the route for a special patrol known as "Sanity", to address the challenge.
"What the command is doing, like this operation sanity, I started with Nyanya, because I know that is the most challenging traffic we have. The operation is that we pull men, vehicles, pull resources from the other commands and face that side, (Nyanya expressway), for traffic control and to arrest traffic offenders for wrong parking that is necessarily causing that clash.
"If you see the Nyanya/Mararaba axis, most of this traffic jam is caused by wrong parking, people stopping to pick passengers on the road. ’’
Ajenge appealed to motorists in the territory to respect traffic rules and the rights of other road users to ensure free flow traffic at all times.