The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has intensified its engagement with stakeholders in Ebonyi state to achieve a crash—free Ember months in 2025.
The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr. Anthony Ogbodo said during a town-hall, organised on Monday, that the command was desirous to make roads across the state safe within the prevailing period.
Ogbodo said that the town hall was to provide a platform of sharing ideas, reviewing challenges and strengthening cooperation in ensuring safer roads throughout the high-traffic period.
“The ember months are characterised by increased vehicular movements, heightened commercial activities and greater social events.
“There factors combine to raise the risk of road traffic crashes often due to human factors such as impatience, over-speeding, overloading and more recently, distracted driving.
“We wish to correct the erroneous belief that the ember months are evil or spiritually manipulated as most crashes which occur during the period are due to human factors.”
He noted that the command was leveraging on the theme of the 2025 ember months campaign: “Take responsibility for your safety; stop distracted driving” for its public enlightenment.
“Distracted driving refers to activities which diverts the driver’s attention while driving such as using mobile phones, adjusting car devices, discussing with passengers among others.
“”These distractions might seem harmless but can lead to fatal consequences within seconds.
“Distracted driving has become one of the leading causes of road crashes on our roads as drivers should understand that no phone call or message for instance, is worth human life.”
The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Collins Igboke commended the FRSC for its proactiveness in ensuring crash–free roads in the state.
Igboke noted that the corps has saved many lives on the roads with its proactiveness and pledged the continued support from the state government in achieving its goals.
“I urge our people to obey traffic regulations to stay alive as the riches one couldn’t acquire from January to August cannot be gotten in the ember months through road recklessness.”
Mr James Igwe, State Chairman of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RETEAN) urging FRSC personnel to show more empathy to drivers due to several personal burdens which distract them on the road.
“The harsh economic realities in the country for instance, has continued taking tolls on people while the government on its part , should enhance road infrastructure across the state and countr.”
Representatives of other security agencies, transport fleet operators, among others made valuable contributions during the event.
