{"id":1831,"date":"2017-04-20T11:22:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T11:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2017-04-20T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T11:22:46","slug":"from-the-mouth-of-babes-children-engage-road-safety-boss-boboye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=1831","title":{"rendered":"From the mouth of babes: children engage Road Safety boss, Boboye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1837\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG-20170420-WA0006-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1836\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG-20170420-WA0019-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1834\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG-20170420-WA0018-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1833\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG-20170420-WA0021-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Road safety boss and corps-marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, got more than he bargained for when a visiting delegation of children led by a television producer, Ms Comfort Okoronkwo, threw a barrage of questions at him.<br \/>\nThe questions include how other road users should behave around a school gate or with school buses around.<br \/>\nExpectedly, their children-centered questions drew answers adults must note, else they get fined or end up in jail.<br \/>\nAfter Boboye, the children are billed to visit the Chief of Army Staff, General Buratai, with questions on security;\u00a0First Lady, Aisha Buhari; and Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, among others.<br \/>\nThe Corps Marshal said that there was certainly speed limits around school areas, and advised that drivers should be careful within such areas and when a school bus stops to pick or drop children.<br \/>\nHe said it was an offence to drive while carrying a child, that it was child endangerment, adding that if caught, such persons will be prosecuted within the law.<br \/>\nBoboye disclosed that the right place for a child to sit in a car is at the back and, and for babies, strapped properly. Moreover, he said children under 12 are expected to sit at the back seat of cars.<br \/>\nEnamoured by the interview, Boboye adopted one of the children and promised to sponsor a five-minute segment on Safety Tips to sensitise the public on a television programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road safety boss and corps-marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, got more than he bargained for when a visiting delegation of children led by a television producer, Ms Comfort Okoronkwo, threw a barrage of questions at him. The questions include how other road users should behave around a school gate or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}