Victor Emeruwa, AfricaNews reporter in Lagos, Nigeria
Flashes of real and artistic photographs will be used to show the importance of road safety consciousness among motorists. Drivers' Dexterity, an exhibition that is supported by Shell Development Corporation, is meant to reinforce the message of safety for road users.
The exhibition will depict hazards of road travel in Nigeria; it will feature various horrible accident scene photograph shots taken by Nigerian award winning photographer, George Osodi.
Osodi’s photograph is a collection of striking landscape varieties and telling diverse stories relating to the Nigerian highway. It ranges from stories of a man leaving his house hearty and returning home as a corpse, partially paralyzed or totally deformed.
Speaking on the support and commitment of Shell, the head of Infrastructure and Logistics Oby Moore said the company was moved by the revealing statistics of annual road accident in Nigeria. In a document released by Federal Road Safety Commission, about 4,800 people die and more than 20,000 are injured annually through road accidents.
“Shell Development Corporation believes in safety at the work place, home and roads. The exhibition will help to reinforce the message that with more care on the part of all road users, the number of needless death and injuries that result from accident on our highway can be reduced,” said Moore.
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