NEMA Launches “Operation Eagle Eye” for Safe Driving During Yuletide

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NEMA Launches “Operation Eagle Eye” for Safe Driving During Yuletide

NEMA Launches “Operation Eagle Eye” for Safe Driving During Yuletide

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has launched “Operation Eagle Eye” aimed at reducing accident during the yuletide.

The agency’s Head of Minna Operations Office, Hajiya Zainab Sai’du, said that the exercise was to make the yuletide accident-free. Arts Forum Enlightens Students on Innovative Digital Tools

She said that “the operation is a disaster-reduction measure put in place by the agency to carry out surveillance on major highways to reduce incidences of road crashes.”

She added that the exercise was aimed at sensitising motorists and the public on causes of road traffic crashes and to prevent occurance, as well as respond to them anytime they occur, in line with international best practices.

According to her, the ‘Eagle Eye’ exercise is an annual event conducted during festive periods, characterised by mass vehicular movements.

“The event is also to complement the efforst of other response agencies, especially the Federal Road Safety Corp in curbing the menace of road crashes,” she said.