FRSC inaugurates quick response power bikes in Lagos
The Federal Road Safety Corps has inaugurated quick response power bikes in Lagos State to minimise death on the highways, especially during the ember months and beyond.
The Lagos Sector Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide, dropped the hint during the 2021 World Remembrance Day for road Traffic Victims, held in Lagos on Tuesday.
Ogungbemide, represented by the Zonal Commanding Officer, Peter Kibo, said that the FRSC would distribute power bikes and first aid equipment to the 14 units and six outposts within Lagos to enable rescue responders reach victims on time.
The sector commander noted that the initiative was to enable the FRSC to respond in a timely manner to crashes in view of the peculiar constant gridlock in Lagos.
He said: “We cannot compromise lives of residents as a result of gridlock and the best way is to get to the crash scene as early as possible.
“In the past, we have realised that gridlock had done so much damage to issues of assisting crash victims.
“However, with this response unit of power bike, under five minutes the rescue responder will be able to meander through the traffic to the scene.
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“The two things to be achieved for establishing this unit are to alleviate the pain and also to manage traffic, while we await the larger rescue team.
“The power bike first aid rescue unit will go a long way in sending signals to the victims, while waiting for the larger rescue teams.”
Ogungbemide stressed that many lives, injuries and bleeding would be saved and stopped on time with the introduction of the rescue unit.
He urged stakeholders to support the efforts of the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, who had provided the unit with some power bikes and other equipment.
The Executive Director, Health Emergency Initiative, Dr. Paschal Achunine, urged Nigerians to support the initiative to strengthen relationship with the FRSC in rescuing traffic crash victims.
Achunine said that crash victims needed support and life saving intervention, adding that 80 per cent of victims who had benefited from their support survived death as a result of quick response.
The Executive Secretary, Lagos State Security Trust Fund, Dr. Razak Balogun, noted that the Lagos State Government recognised the role of the FRSC in terms of rescuing road crash victims within and outside Lagos.
Balogun said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State would support FRSC with tools to enable residents get quick responses when involved in traffic crashes.
