Anambra Govt to establish accident emergency units

ANAMBRA State Govermment is to establish two Accidents Emergency Management Units along the
Enugu - Onitsha expressway to ensure proper management of emergency situations in the State.     
  Also, well equipped ambulances are to be deployed in strategic locations in the 21 local government areas of the State for quick response to cases of emergency.
  Disclosing these to newsmen in Awka, the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism,  Uju Nwogu stated that the Accident Emergency Management Units would be provided with life saving ambulances, ultra modern fire fighting trucks and medical personnel to assist in emergency situations in the State.
  The Commissioner described the recent petrol tanker fire incident in Onitsha that claimed lives of innocent citizens as saddening and devastating. She said that it was in anticipation of such incidents that the State governor, Chief Willie Obiano recently inaugurated the Board of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to ensure that cases of emergency like auto crashes, flood disasters and fire incidents were forestalled or promptly addressed when they occur.
  Dr Nwogu further stated that the recent restriction by the State government of tricycles and motorcycles from the major highways in the State was done essentially to decongest the roads, sustain security and prevent mindless accidents that lead to loss of innocent lives.
  The Commissioner advised private and commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators in the State to adhere strictly to the State government's directive adding that enforcement of the restriction by law enforcement agencies has commenced all over the State.