Amaechi wants stringent punishment for road offenders
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by taiye elebiyo-edeni3 the mandate is to spread advocacy on road safety and injury prevention a lot of work needs to be done in putting road safety in everyones consciousness.nan1 amaechi made the call when a delegation of the united nations decade of action on road safety and traffic injury prevention nigeria visited him in abuja1 he said that if there were stiffer punishments like going to jail for offenders of the law then road users especially politicians would obey the traffic laws1 according to him the un should start its advocacy from the state parliament judiciary and the police for enforcement as this will limit the freedom of road users and instill discipline1 the problem of road safety in africa not only in nigeria is basically the problem of consequences for action if every human being can discipline himself or herself then there wont be need for parliament1 the reason there is a parliament is because they have to direct how the society should be governed the judiciary and police are there for the consequences of disobeying that law1 the minister of transportation rotimi amaechi has called for the support of united nations and stakeholders in establishing stringent punishment for road offenders in the country1 go to the state get the parliament to pass more stringent laws especially if the consequences include going to jail no politician will want to go to jail when you finish with the parliament go to the police to enforce1 nigerians are not organised which is not associated with our population china whose population is higher than nigeria is more organised in obeying traffic regulation amaechi said1 speaking earlier dr. sydney ibeanusi country director united nations decade of action on road safety and traffic injury prevention nigeria said it was collaborating with the government and relevant authorities to ensure that traffic rules and regulations were obeyed1 the united nations decade of action on road safety and traffic injury prevention nigeria is a multi-sectorial stakeholders forum involving all the key relevant stakeholders involved in road safety issues1 injury prevention which is the mandate of the united nations was signed by various countries including nigeria in 2010 and it was launched in the country in 2011 it has been running since then1 so if you are doing advocacy dont tell people not to drink and drive tell them the consequences of drinking and driving if they know they will spend two months in prison they will not drink and drive1