Following the successful mega rally in Abuja, Nigerian
Breweries and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), held another mega rally on
road safety on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at the Ojota New Garage in Lagos.
The Lagos rally, the second of the three rallies scheduled
for the year, is part of activities for the 10th edition of the Don’t Drink and
Drive Campaign, a road safety awareness campaign organized by Nigerian
Breweries and the FRSC.
Speaking at the event, the MD/CEO, Nigerian Breweries, Mr.
Johan Doyer, said the campaign is to discourage drink driving and improve
safety on our roads. “We commenced this year’s campaign with a mega rally in
the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Like previous years, this year’s campaign
will focus on the improvement of road safety awareness for all commercial
drivers and draw attention to alcohol related accidents”, he stated.
Mr. Doyer, who was represented at the occasion by the
Corporate Affairs Adviser of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr. Kufre Ekanem, said
that over 16,000 drivers and other road users in 40 cities and towns across the
country have directly been engaged since the inception of the campaign 10 years
ago.
In his remarks at the occasion, the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dr.
Boboye Oyeyemi, represented by the Corps Education Officer, Corp Commander Bisi
Kazeem, said this year’s ‘Don’t Drink and Drive’ campaign comes at a time when
the FRSC is embarking on pre-patrol activities for the ember months’ special
patrol.
“The FRSC is working assiduously to ensure that there is a
significant shift in the attitude of motorists this year, especially during the
yuletide where people have come to believe that drinking on a daily basis as a
way of celebrating is permissible. This campaign is a timely reminder that
drinking and driving does not only pose a threat to the life of the drunk
driver, but also to the lives and property of all road users”, he declared.
Honourable Omotosho Omotayo, who represented the Chairman,
Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Alhaji Musa Isiwele,
said the association has set up committees to enforce the prevention of sale of
alcohol in motor parks across the country. This development according to him,
“will contribute towards the success of the laudable partnership between
Nigerian Breweries and the FRSC.”
While flagging off the campaign, the acting Commissioner for
Transport, Lagos State, Prince Anofiu Olanrewaju Elegushi, represented by
Engineer Akinola Johnson, said the ‘Don’t Drink and Drive’ campaign is a
welcome development, especially at a time when the Lagos State Government is
bent on improving the standard of transportation through its Bus Rapid Transit
system (BRT) and minimizing accidents by curtailing the sale of alcohol in
motor parks.
The rally was attended by members of the National Union of
Road Transport Workers, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, Tanker
Drivers, Luxury Bus Drivers, Tricycle and motorcycle riders, representatives of
non-governmental organisations in the transport sector, military and para-military
organisations in the country and the public.
In the last ten years, Nigerian Breweries has partnered with
the FRSC to organize the ‘Don’t Drink and Drive’ campaign. The 2017 edition of
the campaign will move next to Enugu for its third and final rally.
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