{"id":12342,"date":"2024-11-07T13:17:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=12342"},"modified":"2024-11-07T13:17:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:17:31","slug":"frsc-says-road-fatalities-decrease-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/frsc-says-road-fatalities-decrease-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"FRSC Says Road Fatalities Decrease in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) reports a significant decrease in road fatalities in Kogi State.<\/p>\n
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Samuel Oyedeji, FRSC Kogi Sector Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kogi.<\/p>\n
Oyedeji credited the decline to intensive public education campaigns emphasising the dangers of high-speed driving and importance of obeying traffic laws.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom our statistics of between 2023 and 2024 especially between January and October, the difference is very clear and encouraging.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe recorded a total of 2, 544 fatalities between January and October 2023 with 174 persons killed and 1, 026 persons injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut in the same period (January \u2013 October) in 2024, we recorded 2, 219 road traffic crashes with 130 persons killed and 775 injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking at the statistics, you can see that the fatalities have reduced by 325, those killed has reduced by 44 and the injured by 251, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Oyedeji stressed the importance of continued vigilance and public involvement in ensuring road safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cFRSC urges passengers to report reckless driving to authorities, emphasizing that safety is a collective responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) reports a significant decrease in road fatalities in Kogi State.\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[236,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-12342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-frsc","9":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"\n