OTJIWARONGO: The Otjozondjupa Regional Road Safety Forum aimed at mitigating road accidents on the national and local roads here was launched in Otjiwarongo town on Thursday.
Rosalia Sibiya-Muashekele , special advisor to Otjozondjupa Regional Governor Rapama Kamehozu launched it on behalf of the governor at the Out of Africa Town Lodge.
Kamehozu in his speech said the creation of a regional road safety forum needs maximum community participation as major role players. He noted that community members must play a leading role in the forum as it is a collective responsibility together with the law enforcement agents to ensure that the country’s roads are safer for all those traveling on it.
He reminded the forum to see to it that its campaigns on road safety focus on educating vehicle drivers to reduce speed and also avoid dangerous overtaking. “I believe that reducing the speed at which vehicles travel on, will have a direct bearing on the nature of crashes in the first place and the associated number of fatalities,” he said.
Kamehozu urged the National Road Safety Council (NRSFC) to avail itself for the purpose of guiding the Otjozondjupa regional road safety forum. Otjozondjupa Chief Regional Officer, Jeaneth Kuhanga was nominated chairperson of the regional road safety forum here on Thursday.
Other members like deputy chairperson, secretary, treasurer and vice treasurer will be elected later in August this year. The regional road safety forum of the Otjozondjupa Region will ensure that campaigns on road safety are conducted, so that road fatalities in the region are drastically reduced, said executive secretary of the NRSC, Eugene Tendekule.
Tendekule said the forum will also see to it that the real causes of road accidents on national roads passing in the region are identified with possible solutions to them. NRSC conducted a four-day training workshop which led to the formation of the Otjozondjupa regional road safety forum. The training started on Monday and ended on Thursday.
(edited)OTJIWARONGO; The Otjozondjupa Regional Road Safety Forum, aimed at mitigating road accidents on national and local roads was launched here on Thursday. Rosalia Sibiya-Muashekele, special advisor to Otjozondjupa Regional Governor Rapama Kamehozu, launched the forum on behalf of the governor.
In a speech read on his behalf by Sibiya-Muashekele, Kamehozu said the creation of a regional road safety forum needs maximum community participation. He noted that members of the community must play a leading role in the forum as it is their collective responsibility, along with law-enforcement agents, to ensure that the country’s roads become safer for all those who make use of it.
He reminded the forum to see to it that its campaigns on road safety focus on educating drivers to avoid speeding and dangerous overtaking. “I believe that reducing the speed at which vehicles travel will have a direct bearing on the nature of crashes, as well as the associated number of fatalities,” he said.
Kamehozu urged the National Road Safety Council (NRSFC) to avail itself for the purpose of guiding the Otjozondjupa Regional Road Safety Forum.
Otjozondjupa Chief Regional Officer, Jeaneth Kuhanga was nominated chairperson of the regional road safety forum here on Thursday, while the deputy chairperson, secretary, treasurer and vice-treasurer will be elected next month.
The Otjozondjupa forum will conduct road safety campaigns in efforts to reduce fatalities resulting from accidents in the region, NRSC executive secretary Eugene Tendekule said on Thursday. He said the forum will also see to it that the real causes of accidents on national roads passing through the region are identified, and come up with possible solutions for the problem.
NRSC conducted a four-day training workshop which led to the formation of the Otjozondjupa regional road safety forum. The training started on Monday and ended Thursday.