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HARD TACKLE BY SAMUEL OLULODUN

SAD,SAD NEWS IN SPORTS ARENA.
THE KANO CONTIGENT TO THE NATIONAL SPORTS FIESTA RECORDED TRAGIC SCENARIO DUE TO A ROAD MISHAP.THIS IS IS AS SHOCKING AS IT IS SADENING.WHEN WILL THE POWERS THAT BE TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS TO STEMN THE TIDES OF NEEDLESS DEATH OF INNOCENT LIVES ON OUR ROADS?
A CLOSE LOOK AT THE ACTIVITIES OF ROAD SAFETY CORPS OFFICIALS ON OUR ROADS DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THEY ARE TAILORED TOWARDS LIVE SAVING BUT THE MEDICINE AFTER DEATH APPROACH OF RETRIEVING THE DEAD AFTER LARGELY PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS ON OUR ROADS MANY OF WHICH ARE DEATH TRAPS.
THE ATTITUDES OF OUR DRIVERS TOO ARE NOT HELPING MATTERS.MANY OF THESE”MAD MEN” ON THE ROADS SEEM TO BE PERMANENTLY ACCOSTUMED TO DANGEROUS DRIVING THROUGH NECK BREAKING SPEED WITH RECKLESS ABANDON AS TRAFFIC OVERSEERS SEEM TO HAVE OTHER MOTIVES ON THE ROAD FAR REMOVED FROM ENSURING SAFETY OF LIVES AND PREVENTING ROAD MISHAPP.
IT IS HIGH TIME THE POWERS THAT BE WAKE UP TO THEIR STATUTORY DUTY OF PREVENTING PREVENTABLE DEATHS ON OUR HIGH WAYS.
WE HAVE TOO MANY DEATHS VIA ACTIVITIES OF ARMED GANGS ALREADY.WE NEED NOT ADD TO THESE THROUGH OFFICIAL NEGLIGENCE ON OUR ROADS.