Along a Lagos road
SHELL Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is partnering the
Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and state governments in the
country to reduce road accidents, the company’s Manager, Government
Relations, Mr. Edesiri Akpomudjere, has said.
Akpomudjere, who disclosed this during the second edition of
Safe Routes to School, the company’s child road safety initiative held
at Saint Andrew’s State School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, regretted
that highway accidents have killed more people than a combination of
HIV/AIDS, Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and other deadly diseases.
“Road accident affects the entire family, not just the
single individual involved,” he noted. “In Nigeria, we have chatted with
the Federal Road Safety Commission and state governments to see how we
can reduce the carnage on the roads. Children are the most vulnerable as
a lot have been wasted by irresponsible and careless drivers.”
The Rivers State Government, represented by the Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Education, Minabelem Michael-West, lauded SPDC
for the project. He thanked the firm for partnering states on the
project, stressing that the project is vital to sustaining Rivers’
reforms in schools.
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