Mr. Dennis Oloriegbe, Managing Director of the Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency (EDSTMA), has stated that the agency sent 52 drivers caught for various traffic violations in the state for mental examination, and four of them were found to be depressed.
Oloriegbe made the revelation during an inspection tour of the agency’s facilities in Benin City, the state capital, by Governor Godwin Obaseki and members of the State Executive Council (EXCO).
According to him, the agency’s Drivers Training Academy has trained over 1,200 drivers, including those caught for serious traffic violations as well as those in the civil service.
The Managing Director stated that 52 drivers had been admitted to a psychiatric facility, and four other drivers had been diagnosed with depression.
During the trip, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, stated that the state spent extensively in the agency due to the need to improve traffic management in the state.
According to him, “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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