Nigeria to host first African road crash victims conference

Nigeria is acceptable to big the maiden International Road Crash Victims Africa Conference (IRCVAC) successful November, aiming to springiness a stronger dependable to victims of Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) and their families.

The improvement was announced astatine a associated property league successful Abuja, organised by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Kwapda’as Road Safety Demand (KRSD) Foundation.

Speaking, the Corps Marshal of FRSC, Malam Shehu Mohammed, said that the IRCVAC would absorption connected the plight of RTC victims crossed the continent.

Mohammed said that erstwhile planetary roadworthy mishap and clang wounded conferences had often emphasised high-income countries, with small attraction fixed to the victims of roadworthy postulation crashes.

He said that the request to code this spread necessitated the concern betwixt the FRSC and KRSD to big the African variation of the conference.

“The essence of this league is to bring technocrats, professionals and experts successful roadworthy mishap and clang injuries, roadworthy transport, postulation and information management, and medication from each implicit the satellite to showcase our country, our continent, and our metropolis of Abuja.

“It is going to hap nether the medication of His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu, who is committed to improving the prime of beingness of Nigerians and to processing the nation.

“That is wherefore FRSC and KRSD came unneurotic to enactment his medication successful making this planetary league a world present successful Abuja,” helium said.

The corps marshal stressed that victims of roadworthy postulation crashes had suffered untold hardship implicit the years, with women and children bearing the brunt.

According to him, the astir worrisome are the victims of roadworthy postulation crashes, women and children near behind.

“Some of the children are abandoned oregon uncared for, portion others driblet retired of schoolhouse and extremity up connected drugs.

“This is wherefore we are committed to giving them a dependable and pushing their plight to the centre of planetary discussions,” helium said.

Also speaking, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem , the laminitis of KRSD, stated that the conference, guided by the taxable “Gathering Africa and the World for Road Crash Victims,” would beryllium the archetypal dedicated African forum focused connected victims of roadworthy crashes and their families.

Dongban-Mensem, who established the KRSD Foundation connected Sept. 30, 2011, successful representation of her precocious son, said the instauration was celebrating its 14th day with renewed committedness to roadworthy information advocacy crossed Africa.

According to her, the league would bring unneurotic governments, backstage organisations, civilian society, victims’ groups, and the planetary roadworthy information assemblage to enactment decisively successful reducing the toll of roadworthy crashes successful Africa.

She announced that the pre-conference broadside events, including cycling, walking, and golfing activities, would commence connected Nov. 15.

This, she said, would beryllium to beforehand safer, healthier, and much sustainable mobility portion fostering solidarity with clang victims.

Citing the World Health Organisation’s 2023 Global Status Report connected Road Safety, Dongban-Mensem said that Nigeria recorded 1 of the highest postulation decease rates successful the world, astatine 21.4 deaths per 100,000 population.

She noted that the fig was importantly higher than some planetary and African averages, stressing the urgent request for stronger nationalist strategies against speeding, drunk driving, and non-use of seatbelts and helmets.

She further referenced information from the National Bureau of Statistics showing that 5,081 crashes occurred successful the past 4th of 2023 alone, causing 2,466 deaths and 15,535 injuries.

“The FRSC’s Q1 2024 operational study besides recorded 2,733 crashes, with 1,624 fatalities and 8,279 injuries.

“These statistic correspond existent people: fathers, mothers, children, workers, breadwinners, lives chopped abbreviated oregon changed forever,” she said.

The station Nigeria to big archetypal African roadworthy clang victims conference appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.