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Nigeria: FRSC Seeks Law to Regulate Okada in Ebonyi
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Vanguard (Lagos)
24 July 2008
Posted to the web 25 July 2008
Dennis Agbo
Abakaliki
THE Ebonyi State command of Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi State has proposed a bill, seeking for regulation of commercial motorcycle transportation in the state and has forwarded it to the state House of Assembly for it to be passed into law.
But Speaker of the State Assembly, Austin Nwnkwoegu in appreciating the efforts of the FRSC at reducing road accidents in the state, urged FRSC to rather convince the executive arm of the state government to present the proposal as an executive bill which he said would receive accelerated hearing if presented to the House.
The new sector commander of FRSC in Ebonyi State, Mr. Emmanuel Abe during a visited to the Speaker of Ebonyi State legislature, yesterday, said his mission was to reduce to the barest minimum the number of accidents that occur in the state, noting that about 60.48% of the roads accidents that take place in every year at Ebonyi involved commercial motorcycle riders.
Mr. Abe also disclosed that in as much as the major means of transportation in Ebonyi were by motorcycle, the command has booked 93 official government vehicle drivers for committing one type of traffic offence or the other. He recommended that the state government give the command all its drivers to train on traffic regulations.
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The new commandant revealed that his command has commenced special patrols where they have arrested over 300 vehicles on different breaches of law while the command's night patrol teams have impounded over 35 vehicle in traffic offences like lack of headlights, brake lights and others.
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