The Corps-Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC Boboye Oyeyemi says the agency would be strict on its conduct of vision acuity test, as part of the ember months strategies.
Oyeyemi said this in an address at a 2019 Ember Months Campaign, organised by the Lagos State Command of the Corps, in partnership with the Beer Sectoral Group, BSG, tagged: “Road Safety is a State of Mind, Road Traffic Crash is the Absence of Mind, Stay Alert, Stay Alive”.
He added that the move became necessary in order to reduce road accidents and fatalities.
Oyeyemi, who was represented by the Zonal Commanding Officer, RS 2 Command comprising Ogun and Lagos States, Samuel Obayemi, said it had become imperative to make sure drivers on the roads did not have defective eyesight.
In his address of welcome, the FRSC’s Sector Commander, Hyginus Omeje, said that the mega-campaign was aimed to elevate consciousness of Nigerians to the realities of road traffic crashes.
