COMING EVENTS

Two abstracts of the PATVORA Organisation have been selected for presentation at the 14TH INTERNATIONAL SAFE COMMUNITY CONFERENCE IN BERGEN, NORWAY 13^th-15^th JUNE. 2005. The abstracts are titled “ROAD TRAFFIC PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT and EVALUATING DRIVER LICENSING SCHEME IN A DEVELOPING NATION”.

The Conference, a major global safety initiative organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) collaborating Centre and the Norwegian Government, will present the latest global scientific discoveries and research work on safety.

The Conference provides developing nations a unique opportunity of knowledge sharing that will help in the fight against road safety crisis

For further information on the Conference please visit www.safebergen.com.

At the instance of PATVORA, a postal stamp on Road Safety has been approved by the Director General, Nigeria Postal services in line with the WHO recommendations on strategies for road fatality reduction. The stamp will be launched as soon as we conclude talks with prospective Partners for sponsorship of stamp design and publicity.

A partnership negotiation is on going between PATVORA and a major GSM Communication network for the provision of a 24 hour computerised accident victims’ Help line Centre with Nigerian road network digital screen that will be managed by PATVORA staff and volunteers. The Communication network is expected to fund the Help line Centre and provide toll free help lines for network subscribers. The help lines will assist by-standers and accident victims to contact the Help line Centre at no charge. The Help line Centre which will be situated in Abuja will not fund treatment of road traffic victims but will assist victims of road crash to contact the Police, FRSC and emergency agencies within the crash environment for prompt assistance. Also, the Help line Centre will through the PATVORA volunteer network, offer tracing facilities for locating accident victim’s family and employers. The Help line Centre project is a strategic development partnership that will accelerate road safety growth in Nigeria and deliver favourable results for the Communication Network.

The PATVORA Organisation is working on a series of short television national broadcast advertisements highlighting the dangers of drunk driving and documentary depicting road safety messages with personalities who are considered to be role models or icons and victim witnesses.

PATVORA AWARENESS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (PAADD) calls for the urgent establishment of a NATIONAL COMMISSION AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING by the Government.

Key duties recommended: -

-Run a high-profile, periodic alcohol awareness campaign

-Introduce alcohol education for young people – including initiatives involving

schools and parents

-Provide resources for counselling agencies

-Introduce training for staff selling and serving alcohol

-Ban the sale of alcohol in motor parks

-Finance research on alcohol-related disorders

-Give the Federal Road Safety Commission facilities for breath-testing and wider testing powers

-Promote designated driver scheme in major hotels

-Introduce buyers beware information on alcohol products and in places where it is sold.

-Introduce compulsory levies on alcohol manufacturers for road safety development.

Partnering and participatory opportunities are available for corporate organisations and interested individuals. For further information, please call Binta on 08037031321