Governor of Lagos State, Akinwumi Ambode said the decision was to ensure free flow of traffic in the State, as according to him, activities of the affected agencies contribute to traffic congestion along the roads.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has suspended the Rivers State sector commander of the corps, Ayodele Kumapayi, for cutting female officers’ hair with scissors.
Statistics have shown that the total number of persons involved in accidents between 2013 and 2015 is put at 49,867, out of which 15, 011 persons were killed and 34,856 were injured.
At least 53 persons lost their lives in a road accident that occurred along Benin-Agbor-Onitsha express road, precisely at Abudu town in Edo State, on Thursday.
The Nasarawa State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has said that it would not buy the speed limit devices which the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, had mandated all commercial vehicle drivers to install in their vehicles.
