EID EL-FITRI: TRACE PLEDGES 24HR RESCUE/EMERGENCY SERVICES ON OGUN 18 MAJOR TRAFFIC CORRIDORS.

Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, has pledged to ensure effective traffic management at Eid praying grounds across the state and prompt rescue/emergency services on 24hr basis on Ogun 18 major traffic corridors before, during and after the Eid El-Fitri Celebration, in line with the operational guidelines of the Eid El-Fitri Special Patrol Schedule.

The exercise, according to a release from the office of the TRACE Commander/Chief Executive, Cmdr. 'Seni Ogunyemi, commenced on Monday, 7th April, 2024, through Monday, 15th April, 2024.

The special patrol operation order would involve monitoring of motorists and other road users, inclusive of high and low capacity vehicles for safety of lives and property to be guaranteed on Ogun 18 major traffic corridors including the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway; Interchange-Sagamu-Ijebu/Ode-Benin/Ore Expressway; Sango/Ota-Atan-Owode-Idiroko Highway; Atan-Lusada-Agbara-Badagry Highway; Abeokuta-Kobape-Siun-Interchange Expressway; Abeokuta-Ewekoro-Ifo-Sango/Ota Expressway; Rounder-Abeokuta-Olorunda-Ayetoro-Imeko-Ilara Border amongst others.

The exercise would also involve all road users through the TRACE Traffic Whistle Blower Initiative, TRACE Emergency Traffic Service and the Community Based Traffic Management Scheme (CBTMS), against the backdrop that safety on our roads is a shared responsibility.

The release further directs Commanding officers to ensure that TRACE operatives are presentable, civil, professional, fair and firm, where and when the need arises, in the discharge of their duties, for the safety of the motoring public.

While felicitating the Muslim Umah and praying that our supplications be accepted as Ibadah by Almighty Allah, Cmdr Ogunyemi admonish them to reflect on the reason for the season and be safety conscious, as well as observe strict adherence to traffic rules and regulations because any vehicle contravened for any traffic infraction(s) during the celebration would not be released until Monday, 15th April, 2024, when TRACE would have ended  her Eid El-Fitri Operation Order.

However, for feedback calls in case of emergency situations, the following hotlines can be reached: 0806 270 3568, 0803 491 9165 & 0703 491 9165.

E-signed.

CMDR. BABATUNDE AKINBIYI.

TRACE PRO (M&S).

For: TRACE COMMANDER/CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

8TH APRIL, 2024.