Onitsha (Anambra) – Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has urged the federal and state governments to enact laws banning the sale of alcohol in motor parks across the country.
Oyeyemi made the call at the “Don’t Drink and Drive (DDD)’’ campaign organised by the FRSC in partnership with the Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc in Onitsha on Wednesday.
The Corps Marshal, represented by Mr Angus Ibezim, Corp Commander and Head of Section, said reduction of alcohol-induced driving would help to reduce the rate of road crashes.
He described the FRSC/NB partnership as a “huge success’’.
Oyeyemi said that there was need for states to make legislation that would prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol in the various motor parks across.
“We are still advocating, sensitising and reaching out to stakeholders to see that the use of alcohol while driving was eliminated.
“But we are going to move further to urge states to make laws that prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol in motor parks,’’ he said.
In his remark, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hassan Karma, said that his command would partner with FRSC to ensure sanity and safety of road users.
Karma, represented by Mr Philip Ezekiel, Area Commander, Onitsha urged motorists to be safety conscious while driving and ensure that they did not expose themselves to hoodlums.
The commissioner said the police was putting extra measures in place to frustrate the activities of criminals, adding that Onitsha and
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Anambra in general remained a zero tolerance zone for criminality.
Earlier, Mr Sunday Ajayi, Sector Commander, FRSC in Anambra, said the command was aware of the critical role Onitsha played in the nation’s road transport sector.
Ajayi called on the stakeholders in road transport to encourage their members to shun drunk driving as it often resulted to “visual impairment, wrong sense of judgment and deadly confidence’’.
He said that while the command would continue to advocate for decency, it would not relent in punishing offenders according to the law. (NAN)
