Wapic tackles road accidents with Safety-on-Wheels Initiative

 

In an effort to tackle the menace of causalities and deaths from road accidents, Wapic Insurance Plc has launched ‘Safety-on-Wheels’ campaign in the country.
The Managing Director of WAPIC, Yinka Adekoya, who made the disclosure at a media parley in Lagos, noted that accidents on the nation’s roads, had taken more lives than the deadly malaria disease.
According to her, the campaign, which commenced February 17, had over 1,000 drivers across Nigeria, who were educated on safe road-use practices, the importance of adherence to road traffic regulations, and appropriate road and vehicle maintenance cultures.
“We are aware that road accidents have far-reaching emotional, financial, and psychological effects on families and the workforce, which in turn have significant negative effects on socio-economic facets of the society.
“As an organisation, Wapic Insurance is triggered by this awareness to collaborate with other stakeholders to combat this menace with the ‘Safety-on-Wheels’ Initiative. Our plan is to take the campaign across he country starting with Lagos State,” she said.
As a social-focused risk advisory initiative, the ‘Safety-on-Wheels’ campaign, she said, is conceived to empower Nigerians with relevant knowledge and appropriate skills that will reduce road accidents, and raise general awareness about our collective road safety responsibility.
Targeted at raising collective consciousness on the need for road-users to imbibe and practice appropriate road-use culture in Nigeria, the initiative, she maintained, is an educational advocacy campaign executed in partnership with the relevant government agencies including, the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), and Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA).
Adekoya posited that in the ‘Safety-on-Wheels’ initiative, drivers will not only benefit from the road-use trainings, they will also participate in a series of eye and blood pressure tests, conducted by a team of qualified medical personnel to determine their personal physical roadworthiness. She added that participating drivers will undertake specialised trainings, which will equip them with working knowledge of road use and safety rules.
Wapic Insurance explained that it invested in this initiative and has built a credible partnership with state and federal road-safety bodies to provide quality trainings to all beneficiaries.
PAL Pensions launches ‘retire with a smile’ campaign
Director, Pal Pensions, Fola Laoye; MD/CEO, Pal Pensions, Morohunkes Bammeke and Director, Pal Pensions, Funmi Omo during the Pal Pensions media campaign tagged Retire With a Smile’s launch in Lagos.
As part of efforts aimed at promoting financially secure future and encourage more Nigerians to save towards retirement, PAL Pensions has launched a new campaign tagged ‘Retire with a Smile.’
While addressing journalists in Lagos last week, Managing Director, PAL Pensions, Morohunke Bammeke, noted, ‘Our vision is to be the leading Pension Fund Administrator in Nigeria creating value.
At Pal Pensions, we are constantly focused on creating value and delivering superior customer service to our clients. We are driven by the passion to be the leader in attracting new clients and retaining old ones.
For us, it is crucial that every time our clients interact with us, they can be assured of the highest quality of service delivery. The Pal Pensions brand exudes empathy, warmth, partnership and integrity. We are driven by the passion to make things easier for our clients.”
In a similar vein, the Head, Brand Management & Corporate Communications PAL Pensions, Mrs. Sunmisola Mark-Okoma, said, ‘‘At the core of this campaign is the need to encourage the younger demography to secure their future by adopting a retirement savings plan. We also emphasise on the importance of the Contributory Pensions Scheme.
According to a 2017 report by the National Bureau of Statistics, only 10.93 percent of Nigeria’s total working population has retirement savings accounts! This implies that more than 89 percent of Nigeria’s workforce does not have retirement savings accounts.

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