Tavershima Jebe of the Jebe Foundation proposes emergency response centres every 50-100km along Nigeria’s federal highways to give immediate care to road crash victims
Founder of the Jebe Foundation, Tavershima Jebe, has proposed the establishment of emergency response centres at every 50 to 100 kilometres along all federal highways to provide immediate medical attention to road crash victims.
Mr Jebe made the call on NTA’s Good Morning Nigeria programme on Tuesday while discussing the topic “Road Crashes: Human Stories Behind the Numbers.
He said the organisation had put forward the idea so that injured travellers could receive prompt first aid and stabilisation before transfer to larger hospitals.
The proposal comes against the background of Nigeria’s persistently high road fatality rates, with federal highways frequently recording multi-vehicle crashes far from medical facilities.
Mr Jebe established the Comfort Ngumimi Jebe Foundation in 2020 in honour of his wife, Comfort Ngumimi Jebe, and their three children, David, Beauty and Favour, who died in a bus crash on the Eggon-Lafia road in Nasarawa State in September 2019.
The foundation focuses on supporting survivors of traumatic incidents, particularly road accidents, through psychological counselling, financial aid, education funds and vocational training.
In previous interviews, Mr Jebe has described how the loss of his entire immediate family drove him to create a platform that assists others facing similar hardship so that fewer families experience the same outcome.
The call for strategically placed emergency centres aligns with longstanding advocacy by the Federal Road Safety Corps and other stakeholders for improved post-crash response times on major corridors.
NTA broadcast the discussion as part of its morning programme examining the human impact behind national road safety statistics.
