Operation Eagle Eye: NEMA Urges Motorists To Exercise Patience On Highways

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called on motorists to exercise patience on highways within the South-East this Yuletide.

The Head, NEMA Enugu Operations Office, Mrs Ngozi Echeazu, made the call on Wednesday at 4- Corner Junction in Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway during the official flag off of 2025 NEMA’s Operation Eagle Eye.

Represented by the Team Leader, NEMA Enugu Operations Office, Mrs Shantel Chukwu, the head said that Operation Eagle Eye had been designed to ensure that motorists and travelers get to their destinations hitch-free; without unnecessary delays.

Echeazu said that the special operations would be carried out in three special days, which included: Dec. 24; Dec. 25; and Jan. 1, 2026 due to the beehives of activities associated to those dates.

She urged drivers to avoid alcoholic drinks and other intoxicants as they convey passages and families this season while being accommodative of other road users.

“NEMA wants all motorists and other road users to remain alive this season and everyone to be safety conscious and take it ease as the season will come and go.

“NEMA is here to assist the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to ensure free flow of traffic and attend to other exigencies on the road.

“We are grateful to the Director General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, for approving and funding the operation and her concern for the safety of all Nigerians this season,” she said.

The head said that the teams for the operation would be stationed at major points of highways with high density of vehicles this Yuletide.

“These points included: 4-Corner Junction on Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, 9th Mile Corner on Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Eke Obinagu on Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, Bridge-Head in Onitsha and New Market Roundabout, Enugu among others,” she said.

The high point of the flag off was witnessed by FRSC Unit Commander for Ozalla Unit, Ozioma Okeke and her team, some FRSC special marshals and personnel of NSCDC and LEMC.