You’ll soon be seeing a space-age road safety officer as FRSC protects its officers against Ebola

by Obinwanne Mordi

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has distributed personal protective kits to its operatives to protect them from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, who made the presentation at a meeting with commanding officers, said the equipment was to protect them from the virus while on duty.
The items include hand gloves, hand sanitisers, and nose guards.

Oyeyemi said that the corps was aware of the risk its officers in the field were exposed to due to contact with accident victims.

“The essence is to equip them with all they need for protection; we are aware of the risk involved, especially for our officers on the highway. During rescue operation, there is a need for us to protect our men involved in such operations.
“We have provided protective gears in our roadside clinics so that when our officers make contacts with the injured, they are protected where an infected person is involved.”

Mrs Olaniyan Oladunni, the FRSC’s medical and rescue officer on her part advised operatives to ensure a high level of personal hygiene.

She said that by distributing protective equipment, the corps was taking precautionary measure in case of contact with infected person in the course of duty. She pleaded with the officers to properly dispose of any used hand gloves if contaminated, and to always apply hand sanitisers.

“Our level of hygiene is good enough to carry us through but we need to be proactive and we are taking precaution,” she said before admonishing them to avoid contact with bats, monkeys, chimpanzees and wild animals otherwise known as “bush meat as they are possible carriers of the disease”.

Five Nigerians have died of the disease, while three others have recovered from EVD since Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer died of the disease in Nigeria on July 24.

Leave a reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

cool good eh love2 cute confused notgood numb disgusting fail