Lagos to incorporate road safety in school curriculum
Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN, of Lagos State has emphasised the importance of safety on Lagos roads, adding that the state government was working on how to inculcate road safety consciousness in schools" curriculum.
Governor Fashola, who was represented by Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, said this yesterday at the 2015 finals of "Be-Road Friendly" competition organised under Lagos State School Traffic Safety Advocacy Programme of the Ministry of Transportation.
According to Fashola, the state government is working on inculcating safety policy in schools" curriculum so that pupils could become safety agents.
The outgoing governor said the state has an advocacy committee that is continuously working on ensuring that students know what it takes to be safety conscious.
He commended students who participated in this year's competition, saying "it's a wonderful thing because you can see the enthusiasm in the children that they will go out there and tell their parents, communities and peers that there is need for them to be safety conscious when they use the roads."
Also speaking, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Transportation, Dr. Mariam Masha, expressed hope that the competition would be sustained by the incoming administration of Governorelect Akinwunmi Ambode.
Dr. Masha expressed happiness that primary and secondary school pupils, who are the main beneficiaries of the initiative, have shown great interest and embraced it with open arms, adding that the programme has been improved upon over the years and the children have assumed ownership of it.
This year's competition has three overall winners from three different categories; the primary school category, junior secondary school category and senior secondary school category.
Jimoh Fatimoh won the primary school category; Odusote Lateef won the junior secondary school category; while Omolaja Olamilekan won the senior secondary school category. The winners were presented with Arik Air winning ticket by the Public Relations Manager of Arik Air, Mr. Adebanji Ola.
The ticket will enable the winners embark on transport education tour to the United Kingdom.
