By Mike ALADENIKA.
No fewer than Fifty-two erring traffic offenders, in Edo state, have been sent for psychiatric evaluation of which four were diagnosed to be depressed.
The Managing Director, Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency (EDSTMA), Mr. Dennis Oloriegbe, who disclosed this during an inspection tour of the agency’s facilities by Governor Godwin Obaseki and members of the state Executive Council (EXCO), in Benin City, the state capital said traffic offenders in Edo state are fast constituting nuisance which must be promptly tamed.
"Beyond the psychiatrist test for offenders, EDSTMA's Drivers Training Academy has provided training for over 1,200 drivers, comprising drivers apprehended for serious traffic offenses and those within the civil service."
To Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the state investment in the agency is not misplaced.
According to the governor, “Traffic is a major issue for us in the city. We are working very hard with experts on what to do to ease traffic congestion in the state. The leading cause of traffic congestion is practices among drivers, particularly commercial drivers, and people refusing to obey traffic signs.
“I am here to make sure that we put facilities in place to train and apprehend defaulters; to see how well equipped the traffic agency is and also understand their challenges.”
Obaseki further noted, “In the next few weeks, apart from amending a few bye-laws, we are going to be taking measures to curb recklessness among drivers in the city.”
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