Eid Kabir: KWARTMA Mobilizes 350 Personnel, Cautions Road Users
Ag. Chief Executive Officer, CRTO Akeem Adegboye
The Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA) has mobilized not less than three hundred personnel to ensure the free flow of traffic during and after the Eid festival.
In his address, the Ag. Chief Executive Officer, CRTO Akeem Adegboye said 350 personnel were deployed across the length and breadth of the city to manage the traffic situation.
The special operations will commence on Monday 26th June and end on July 3rd, 2023.
He stated that the Authority is aware of the imminent gridlocks that are associated with the Eid festival coupled with people that travel down from and to other states to celebrate the Eid
In the same vein, the Authority will synergize with other sister agencies to enforce traffic regulations and sanction recalcitrant road users accordingly.
He further disclosed that the Authority is embarking on a special patrol operation to ensure motorists and other road users experience a hitch-free celebration amidst the rainy season.
According to the Ag. Chief Executive Officer 06 Patrol Vehicles, 02 Tow trucks surveillance team and other officers of the authority shall be on the road during the special operation to enforce traffic regulations and evacuate broken down and abandoned vehicles that can cause chaos on the roads.
He further admonishes road users to be safety conscious and avoid acts such as excessive speeding, overloading, making or receiving calls while driving, wrongful overtaking and driving against traffic among others.
According to the Ag. Chief Executive Officer, maintaining law and order on the highway in this feast is a collective responsibility.
He, however, sought the road users’ cooperation and patience while on the road, While wishing quadrans and the Muslim faithful in particular, a blissful Eid celebration.
The Ag. CEO implored all road users to be safety conscious and obey traffic regulations.
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