PADDSA

PADDSA is a Visions for Nigeria program aimed at discouraging Drunk Driving and substance Abuse.
Alcohol is a major factor in traffic accidents. There are large numbers of alcohol and/or substance-related traffic fatality every day in Nigeria. The alcohol and/or substance-related injuries are in multiples of the fatalities. Alcohol-related crashes are defined a those where someone involved, either a driver or a pedestrian or another occupant, had a traceable amount of alcohol in his or her blood.
In the United States, drunk driving is defined as having 0.08 (lowered from 0.10) blood alcohol content (BAC). Visions for Nigeria PADDSA program especially targets learner-drivers, under-aged drivers, ‘Okada’ (motorcycle) riders, cattle rearers, express road residents.
People Against Drunk Driving and Substance Abuse (PADDSA), which commenced recently and have gain lots of ground in educating people against the ills of Substance Abuse and Drunk Driving. This was done in collaboration with the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and the Drivers’ Welfare Club. This was a one month program before the organization’s annual anniversary celebration in August. In collaboration with Nations Federal and Drivers Welfare club, Road Safety Commission, (PADDSA) gained a lot of grounds in educating people against the ills of drug abuse and drunk driving.
More to this project was the mobilization of disabled crippled persons, as volunteers who rolled on wheels on major traffic stops on the road, to remind drivers to put on their seat belts.