Safety should always be a priority

The subject of safety has been one of the most overlooked and underestimated area of concern for most people whether deliberate or as a result of complacency altogether.
The festive season should be reminding everyone to take heed to calls to adhere to the practice of safety measures be it on the roads or the home as well as the public arena where people from all walks of life mix and mingle
Precious lives have been lost through road carnage during the festive seasons in the past as a result of human error in most cases and the onus is upon each and every human being to stop such a loss of precious lives by assuming responsibility to that effect.
Celebrating the holiday with no tears on the cheeks would only be a result of practicing safety and precautionary measures on the roads to some extent.
With cases of armed robbery on the increase in different as a result of some ‘morons’ invading this peaceful society, travelling parties should ensure that they at all cost use public transport other than these private vehicles ,some of which have become a safe haven for criminals ready to pounce for cash and other valuables.
Then there is the issue of this fourth wave of the deadly Covid-19 disease in form of Omicron which the general citizenry needs to safeguard themselves against.
The fact that most people travel to different destinations raises the need for people to adhere to World Health Organisation (WHO) and government safety protocols and thus the need to conform to sanitizing, social distancing as well as masking up so that the risk of spreading the disease is kept under check.
The youthful generation also needs to jealously guard against poor practices on the social arena that may risk their health and physical wellbeing during the schools holidays.
Such results like unwanted pregnancies and other effects of drug abuses could only cease to be a thing of the past only if responsible youths take charge and ensure safety prevails.