Public safety: Otti orders Abia traffic agencies to extend operational hours to 10 p.m

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has extended the operational hours of the Abia State Traffic and Safety Management Agency (ARTSMA) and the Abia State Harmonised Taskforce to 10:00 p.m. daily, including weekends.

The politician besides directed the 2 agencies to deploy much unit and resources on each large routes successful the authorities to guarantee that postulation offenders are appropriately dealt with, arsenic stipulated by law.

Governor Otti gave the directive connected Thursday astatine the Nnenna Oti Bus Terminal, Umuahia, portion unveiling the 2nd batch of 20 electrical buses for the state’s roads.

The governor, who warned roadworthy users against recklessness and impatience, said helium would acceptable up an autarkic squad to strictly enforce the caller postulation policy. He vowed that anyone who constitutes a information connected Abia roads would beryllium dealt with ruthlessly.

“I volition acceptable up an autarkic squad to show however strictly this directive is enforced with a presumption to determining the adjacent enactment of action.

“May I accidental it 1 much clip that cipher has immoderate close to endanger the lives and spot of others done acts of recklessness, impatience oregon mediocre judgement” helium warned.

He further advised the drivers of the electrical buses to run successful enactment with established standards and to debar ov...