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UMORU ABDULKADIR
In line with its commitment to empower commercial motorists as well as reduce unemployment and poverty rate in the State, the Oyo State Government has partnered Sterling Bank to float a Micro Bus Empowerment Scheme.
As part of efforts to lift citizens out of poverty and equip them with employability skills, the State, at the weekend, trained over 50 commercial motorists on road safety regulations and measures to curb traffic accidents on major roads in the State.
The State Road Transport Management Authority commenced the special training session for drivers and motorists drawn across the State on Road Safety, Signs, Rules and Regulations as well as defensive driving in line with the constitutional responsibilities of the agency enshrined in the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority Law, 2009 in sections 16 (a, d, f, n, o, p).
The training, organized in conjunction with the Institute of Road Transport Workers, Oyo State Chapter was aimed at producing better and cautious drivers across the State to reducing road accidents on the State’s highways.
While speaking to beneficiaries of the first batch of the training at the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA) headquarters in Ibadan, the Chairman, OYRTMA, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi, charged the beneficiaries to seize the opportunity to learn as much as possible so as to be good ambassadors of the Transport Institute and that of OYRTMA.
He also implored them to put into use all lessons that would be learnt in the course of the training.
“This training is for the benefit of all road users to be abreast of the rules and regulations guiding the usage of highways and driving in Oyo State,” Fagbemi said.
“We are working to put the incidents of traffic accidents to the lowest degree and make the State a good example to others in the area of traffic regulation compliance and discipline.”
Participants at the training are expected to be part of the Micro-Bus Empowerment Scheme championed by the Institute of Road Transport Workers in conjunction with Sterling Bank Plc, which commences in earnest
BADEJO ADEMUYIWA has 23 years experience as a Finance Writer, specialising in Insurance and Investigative Reporting.
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