Anambra: FRSC Threatens Legal Action Against Construction Companies

                         
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has advised construction companies working on federal highways to put in place road signs to signify that work is on-going on the roads or risk legal actions against them.

Head of the commission’s Benin Zonal Command, Mr Charles Akpabio,, said this in Awka when he visited Anambra command to usher in Christmas season safety measure activities..
Akpabio, who controls Anambra, Delta and Edo states observed that some avoidable accidents had happened because of inadequacies of the constructions companies, who have ignored such essential preventive measures on the roads, adding that the companies must erect signs to alert drivers of the situation of the roads.
He said, “The federal government is doing a lot to improve on the road infrastructure in the country so as to reduce crashes and save lives. “We encourage road users to obey these instructions and not drive in the night without headlamps, they should not endanger others and if they are able to do these, we believe accidents would be reduced.
“FRSC has instructed construction companies to put visible and adequate road signs and the commission will prosecute any of such companies that fails to put in place adequate signs on roads under construction to provide direction, they must do their work in line with international best practices,”. He maintained that officers of the corps would be moblised to duty in the three states to ensure free and safe traffic in the