Technical committee on annual state ranking inspects Kwara roads
The Technical Committee on Annual State Ranking on Road Safety in Kwara State has carried a two-day inspection on road across the state and some agencies as part of efforts to reduce road accident in the state and Nigeria at large.
The agencies visited were the State Board of Internal Revenue, Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority (KWATMA) and Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), while some roads inspected include Malete in Kwara North, Goman-Afon road among others.
Speaking after the inspection, the Sectary of the committee who is also the Kwara State Road Safety Commandant, Mary Wakawa said the inspection was to observe the impact of State, Local and Federal government in construction and rehabilitation of road across the state.
According to her, the local government and state have about two third of road network in the nation, if the nation wait for Federal Government alone much would not be achieved, so all the state governments including FCT must buy-in to in the construction and maintenance of roads.
She added that the United Nations had reported that road traffic crashes had become epidemic in which certain method of action on reduction of the crash must be taken.
Wakawa said that the development would enable both local and state governments to be aware that someone is monitoring their activities.
She noted that Nigeria being third world country facing such problem should be able to bring down road traffic to fifty per cent by the year 2020.
The committee includes Dr Lare Ajibade of the department of Geography, University of Ilorin as chairman, Kwara State chapter of Nigeria Bar Association, Engineering sector amongst others.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Senior Ibrahim Suleiman Bursary Oke-Ode Olam Food Ingredients Bamidele Aluko Seun Bolaji Ibrahim Gambari Oko-Olowo Binta Abubakar Mora Saudat Abdulbaqi Bello John Olanrewaju Atiku Abubakar Musa Yeketi Onilorin Of Ilorin Balogin Alanamu Idris Amosa Saidu Face Masks BECE Ahmed Shuaib Buranga Abdulazeez Arowona JAAC Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita Sarah Jubril Unicontinental Construction Company Alanamu Durbar Matthew Babaoye Yashikira Issa Memunat Moyosore ENetSuD Alimi Ado Ibrahim Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Bayo Ajia Mustapha Akanbi NAWOJ Sunset Workers Funmilayo Oniwa Micheal Imoudu Abdulwaheed Musa A.O. Belgore Pategi Doyin Awoyale Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla Salihu Ajibola Ajia Olaiya Zuberu National Union Of Road Transport Workers Baakini Oluwole Dupe Ilorin South Constituency All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools Oja-Oba Elewu James Kolo Manzuma Abdulraheem Yusuf Ayodele Olaosebikan Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa Ilorin Water Reticulation Galadima Unilorin FM Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola Teachers Specific Allowance Shaykh Luqman Jimoh Ibrahim Sulu Gambari Osi Dagbalodo Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi Apaokagi Saeedat Aliyu Kwabes Tinubu Shehu Raheem Adaramaja Onilu Memunat Monsuma 08001000100 Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory

