Dr. Dayo Mobereola ,the Commissioner for Transport, is concerned with the high rate of unsafe cars on our roads.
According to him, about 240,000 cars in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria are not roadworthy, PM News reports.
Speaking at the 2016 Bi-Annual Safety Week of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Services, themed “Unroadworthy (Rickety) Vehicles: Threat to Life on our Roads”, Dr. Mobereola said rickety cars lead to high fatality rates for Nigeria.
"Our efforts at ensuring security include rehabilitating the roads, improving drivers’ competence, insisting through monitoring the state of vehicles and promoting attitudinal changes.
The 45,037 vehicles apprehended last year, 8,012, about 20 percent were not roadworthy. This extended further means that about 240,000 of the 1.2 million are not roadworthy. It is in this wise that we say safety is not just a government thing, rather, it is for all citizens.
When you maintain a vehicle you are guaranteeing a life. There are no economic arguments for allowing rickety vehicles just simply because we cannot place a premium or value on any life. The consequences outstrip the gains,” he said.
The commissioner also pointed out the health challenges caused by the emissions from rickety vehicles, adding that people need to take of their cars because of other road users.
“Our focus will be to bring people to the realisation that there is a need to maintain their vehicles. It is not only for themselves but for all other road users. It is then and only then that we can say we are ready for business. It is pertinent to say that for sanity to prevail on our roads, everyone of us must consider ourselves as stakeholders,” he said.
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