Fashola Advises U.N. To Use Nigerian Accident Victims' Data
The Honourable Minister of Power Work, and Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola while hosting the United Nations Secretary General's Envoy for Road Safety, Mr Jean Todt, called upon the Organisation to dwell more on the data provided by the Nigerian Government on accident victims, explaining that the figures will be more acceptable, especially when there is conflict between those of the UN and Nigeria.
2. The Minister supported his claims by saying that since Nigerian government provides support for the accident victims; make hospital arrangements and sundry for the injured, the country will be in a better position to supply accurate, reliable and acceptable data. Fashola suggested to the UN that data of accident victims should be globally ranked to spur competition for the best positions in the ranking amongst the comity of Nations, thereby reducing road accidents.
3. While responding to the Envoy's remark that pedestrians are the most involved in road accidents, the Minister promised to provide support for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), urging them to hasten the prosecution of offenders to serve as a deterrent to bad road users.
4. The Corps Marshal of FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi disclosed that his Organisation is currently collaborating with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to generate a more accurate data to be used in the country.
5. Present at the event were the Ministers of State I and II, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri and Surv. Suleiman Hassan Zarma respectively, the Permanent Secretary, Works and Housing sector, Alhaji Mohammed Bukar, members of the Diplomatic Corps, Directors of the Ministry and Management staff of the FRSC.
THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF WORKS AND THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF NIGER STATE, H.E. MOHAMMED UMARU BAGO AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING AND STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 127-KILOMETRE, 3-LANE, SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY (NIGER STATE COMPONENT) OF THE 1,068-KILOMETRE SOKOTO - BADAGRY SUPERHIGHWAY IN MINNA, WEDNESDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER, 2024
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PICTURES FROM DAY 2 OF THE 29TH MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON WORKS
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