ARTMA History

ARTMA was one of three (3) landmark initiatives launched by Chief Willie Obiano (ex-Governor of Anambra State) on the 5th of December, 2014, to expand the frontiers of excellence in Anambra State.

The three initiatives were:

1. Operation Clean & Healthy Anambra (called OCHA Brigade)

2. Anambra State Road Traffic Management Agency (called ARTMA)

3. The Anambra State City Cab Scheme

According to the former governor, his purpose for launching ARTMA was to reduce the high rate of road accidents and damage to valuable properties. He further stated that the agency (ARTMA) was charged with the administration, control, and management of road traffic matters, and to ensure compliance with road traffic regulations.

The paragraph below was part of the original speech by the ex-governor:

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 (𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘛𝘔𝘈). 𝘈 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴,

𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥

𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 (𝘈𝘛𝘔𝘈) 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 (𝘔𝘖𝘛) 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴;

𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴

𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦

𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦.

𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥

𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 150 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦

𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺, 𝘜𝘥𝘪, 𝘌𝘯𝘶𝘨𝘶 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦.

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘛𝘔𝘈, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭

𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦.”