The Ondo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has told its officers to redouble their commitment to public enlightenment and education to reduce crashes on highways.

Ezekiel SonAllah, state sector commander, made the call at a one-day capacity building organised for the officers of the Public Enlightenment Office (PEO) across all units in Ondo on Friday in Akure.

Mr SonAllah, who explained that it was time for officers to advocate aggressively for public enlightenment, added that if people were well enlightened, the chances were there that crashes would reduce.

“You are doing well before, but the time has come to double your efforts by organising programmes and visiting motor parks, churches, mosques, marketplaces and traditional institutions to talk to them about the dangers of excessive speed and overloading.

“We can only save lives if people are enlightened, and we need to understand that education was what the founding fathers of the corps used at the initial stage,” he said.

Mr SonAllah, therefore, called on motorists and road users to change their attitude whenever they were driving, saying, “life has no duplicate and drivers need to stay alive to drive”.

“You must improve the condition of your vehicles to ensure that they are road worthy. You must obey traffic rules and regulations and use defensive driving techniques,” he added.

Also, Richard Adetoro, state deputy sector commander and head of operations, admonished the PEO officers to be committed and show passion in their job.

Mr Adetoro said the officers had a lot to do, especially in the ember months, added that officers had to be passionate, advising and appealing to the inner-self of motorists about safety.

(NAN)