Jigawa/FRSC Vow To Bring-down Road Accidents By 35% Before 2030, Setup Cmtt"

Deputy Gov. Jigawa State, Umar Namadi (center)

By Salisu K Ismail

The Jigawa State Government in conjunction with State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has pledges to reduce the number of road accident in the state by 35 percent before year 2030.

Governor Muhammad Badaru made the disclosure in Dutse, Wednesday, while inaugurating the State Road Safety Advisory Council to rid the state from the menance of frequent road accidents.

Newskeeper learns that, The committee was inaugurated to complement the directive and target of the Nigerian government towards curtailing the problem of road accidents which is negatively affecting the Nation's Gross Domestic Products because of loss of lives and properties.

Inaugurating the Committee, Governor Badaru represented by his deputy who's the acting governor of the State, Alhaji Umar Namadi, lamented on the number of road accidents recorded in recent time in the state, saying that, its has become imperative from the side of government to take every necessary measure to address the problem.

The committee had in it's composition, the Jigawa state deputy governor Umar Namadi as Chairman, Commissioners from the ministries of Work, Health, Justice, Education and Finance as members.

Other among the members are Commissioner of Environment, Budget/Planning, Transport, A representative from the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) and Jigawa state FRSC Sector Commander Ahmed Muhammad who served as Secretary of the council.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after their inauguration, Secretary of the Jigawa State Road Safety Advisory Council Mr Ahmed Muhammad, stated that, the formation of the council was a directive from the Federal government for all states across the country to complement the effort at the center to ensure that, "Road accidents is reduced to 35 percent as contained in the United Nation's decade of action to all countries mostly affected by this particular problem world over," he added

"As estimated by the United Nations, there are about one million people that are loosing their life due to road accidents globally of which Nigeria take very significant share out of this number," The Sector Commander confirmed

However the Secretary explained that, the Committee would left no stone unturned as it will consult every stakeholders and assured to carry-out their tasks without fear or favour to achieve the set objective.

The Council has key responsibilities among which comprises, setting up of the State Road Strategy targets in line with the National Road Safety Strategies, Ensuring co-ordination between State and Local Governments in achieving road safety targets and Oversee aspects that relate to road safety enforcement of 10 percent of the National Road Fund.

Also, the newly inaugurated council is saddles with the responsibility of  driving the implementation of the National Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) via requesting for progress reports from relevant agencies and inviting them (Agencies) to defend their proposed activities and the road safety efforts rendered as well on quarterly basis among others in the state.