THE Lagos State government has commended the commitment of school children in the state to road safety which has led to the erecting of six road safety advocacy billboards along major roads in some strategic places in the state.

The new  billboards were designed by school children, who emerged winners in the 2011 edition of “Be road friendly competition.”

The competition was organised as part of the Lagos State School Traffic Safety Advocacy Programme.

According to the Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on Transport Education, Dr. (Mrs.) Mariam Masha, about 6,000 school children entered for the competition this year.

She spoke at the unveiling of one of the bill boards at Mile 2, which was designed by Paul Jonnah, a JSS 3 student of State Junior High School, Alimosho.

Masha said 18 of the children, shortlisted for the final round of the competition, were requested to express their deep knowledge of road safety values and policies of the state government through creative drawing.

She described the results as amazing as the children came up with impressive diagrams and with great messages.

She said that the project started in 2009 with the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, inaugurating it primarily to make the children to be safety conscious.

Six students, who emerged victorious, won a trip to Manchester, Northern England, a sightseeing tour, which was also to study the traffic safety system there in comparison with that of Lagos.