The outfit is a social service rendering agency of the state apparatus to all road users for better service delivery. The missions of the corps are:
To ensure quality service delivery to the motoring public, as well as, complement the efforts of other Traffic Managers in the State through systematic synergy. To ensure a commensurable reduction in road traffic accidents/crashes, so as to attain the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011 2020) platform. To inject order and control mechanism into the road traffic system within the State through best practices. To perform such other regulatory functions as may be duly assigned by the State Government within the law that sets it up.
Since the establishment of the corps, the agency has worked tirelessly to make the State safe and free from ceaseless accident cases that normally occur in the State.
Ogun State, before, has been tagged as a mortuary state. The road users especially the motorists always drive recklessly thus endangering the lives of the innocent ones.
With the establishment of Ogun TRACE, there is drastic reduction in the accident rates. The corps has instilled the rules and regulations that guide the road in the brain of all the motorists and motorcyclists.
Immediately Ogun State established their traffic outfit, other southwest states equally established theirs, though; Lagos State already had their own outfit. The establishment of traffic agencies in all States is due to the performances of Ogun TRACE. The agency has earned more score beyond the expectation of the State government.
In the area of enlightenment, the corps take it upon itself to educates the motorists the dos and donts of the road in both print and electronic media. In order to catch them young, the TRACE has introduced "TRACE Club" in the schools so as to educates the children on how to walk on the road and equally drive safely. The teaching of the young ones also is for the children to teach there parents on the danger of dangerous driving. There is also a live educative programme on OGTV every Wednesday at 11am and the Yoruba version on Family FM every Friday by 3pm.
The corps has also created another platform where they can be teaching people on safety. The purpose of the establishment of TRACE MAYOR is for the members to be able to teach members of the society and to equally join the operatives to uphold the law and order of the road.
The corps has introduced 24-hour operational activities across the nooks and crannies of the State with the introduction of TRACE Special Ops Force Unit. The prompt response to any emergency calls and rescue of crash victims is highly noted.
Introducing of an on-line platform to report operational duties to all and sundry. They have also introduced periodic road traffic research and survey techniques.
Ogun TRACE has formed alliances with other sisters security agencies in order to ensure good service delivery to the people. The armless operatives have been exposed to serious hazard. Some of the operatives have been maimed while some have died on the road while discharging their duty. This is part of their efforts to make the State save.
Many times the operative risked their lives in order to save other peoples lives. All the operatives starting from the TRACE Corps Commander to the least have given their best to the service of their father's land. Their is increase in public safety consciousness and behavioral pattern of the road users to total compliance of road ethics.
It is on record that the State is now free from any form of accident due to the effectiveness of the State Traffic agency, though, that not to say we still dont have records of accident but it is just one out of many in two months.
The people of ogun State are always praises the corps, though, some people see their work as a way of punishing the masses especially when the corps make an arrest of any traffic offenders.
The performances of the Corps are highly commendable but more are still expecting from them. The people expect them not to relent in discharging their duties. More operatives should be recruited in order to have more hands for more effective performances.
On a final note, few of their operatives need to be trained on how to address the public politely. There should be reduction in ruddiness of few of their workers. More traffic controlling should be done than apprehending offenders. With this, the Ogun TRACE will continually be in fore-front of other State traffic agency.
Otunba Oladele Damilola Moses
Publisher of The Voice Magazine
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