By Tobias Lengnan Dapam
Save the Children International (SCI), on Friday took road safety campaigns to schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The campaign which was in line with United Nations (UN) week for road safety was meant to sensitize road users on the need to observe road safety rules.
Speaking at Junior Secondary School Life Camp, FCT, SCI Head of Safety and security, Peter Adomi, said SCI focused on children to ensure their safety on the road and at traffic areas.
“We are sensitizing them to observe various rules on the roads. We have been to other schools and we are happy with the campaign because we are educating the children to understand the various challenges on the roads.”
Speaking on the theme, ‘Zebra crossing’, he said SCI is educating them on Zebra crossing because “our drivers don’t understand road signs. If the children know how to use the Zebra crossing, it will be easier for them to access the road.”
He said they are not only talking to the children but also talking to drivers, road users and commuters.
He said statistics revealed that road transport crashes are more around private schools.
“That’s where you have the largest traffic of school pickup and drop off and that’s where you find people being in a hurry to dash in and out to pick their children . Our focus is that children needs to know what to do.”
Also speaking, Advocacy Campaign and Policy Manager, SCI, Edith Gumut Nankiling, said the week was a busy week as SCI engaged with organisations like Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, VIO and Secondary schools in the FCT to create awareness on why children should obey road safety rules.
“We will continue to work with the FRSC and school management to see how we can establish a road safety club and use those platforms to engage with the children and consistently see how they get to obey with road safety rules.
“We also had a quiz and gave gifts of T-shirts to 10 students from each schools who answered our questions on road safety.”
