Children, according to a data of the United Nations, are the most vulnerable to road accidents. It was against this backdrop that the Lagos State Government says it has initiated several programmes to safeguard children, who constitute a significant number of its 18 million population, from avoidable mishaps.
One of such initiatives was the creation of Lagos State School Traffic Safety Advocacy Programme, LASTSAP, in February 2009. Code named, Be Road Friendly, BRF, it was aimed at protecting the future and ensuring sustainable development by catching them young.
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