Bankole Canvasses Increased Budgetary Allocation To FRSC

By Yinka Alege, Abuja

The speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole has stressed the need for increased budgetary allocation to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to strengthen their operational and reserve statics with the increasing challenges of ensuring safe road.
Honourable Dimeji who said this at the 2008 world Day of Remembrance for road Traffic victims in Abuja noted that public enlightenment programme to sensitize people and change their attitudes is vital to the campaign of ensuring safe roads.
The speaker explained that the National Assembly in recognition of this critical intervention will continue to render the necessary support to the commission in its onerous task of delivering safety to all road users in the country.
He however observed that it must be pointed out that ensuring road safety is a collective responsibility and no government agency can do it alone.
Honourable Bankole therefore called on all relevant stakeholders to continue to render the necessary support to the commission to make the campaign of road safety a success.
He further assured that the legislative arm of government will leave no stone unturned in making laws that will strengthen the commission in its efforts to accomplish its statutory functions of ensuring safety of lives and property on the roads.
According to him, this requires strong political will, concerted efforts from Government and non-Governmental organizations for the needed impact to be felt.
The speaker commended the leadership of the commission fo r its commitment to ensuring road safety in the country as evidenced din the new Revised Highway code that was being unveiled, stressing that the Highway code is a veritable tool in the effective management of traffic and sine qua non in inculcating good driving culture in all road users.