END OF THE YEAR PATROL: FRSC CORPS MARSHAL COMMENDS PERSONNEL, EXPRESSES SATISFACTION WITH THE GENERAL CONDUCT OF MEN AND ROAD USERS
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has expressed satisfaction with the general conduct, commitment and professionalism of the personnel of the Corps as manifested during the ongoing yuletide special patrol. He also commended the cooperation...
of the road users, saying that the excellent performances and positive impact recorded by the Corps is directly tied to the high rate of compliance received from the motoring public.
In the press release signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, Oyeyemi gave the commendation after receiving briefs from supervisory Officers deployed from the National Headquarters to monitor the special operations nationwide.
The Corps Marshal used the medium to review the entire processes and activities of the Corps and urged the staff not to rest on their oars. While conceding that there were some setbacks in the special patrol exercise,
...the Corps Marshal expressed satisfaction with the general conduct of the staff and output across the country..
While urging the Staff to rededicate themselves for greater performance, the Corps Marshal recalled that noticeable number of the motoring public were seen violating traffic rules.
He therefore warned those involved to desist from such unsafe behaviours by complying with all safety precautions, as the road does not forgive.
The Corps Marshal while given an overview of the global road safety campaign under the auspices of the UN Decade of Action For Road Safety: 2011-2020, stating that the campaign would end at the end of this year and would transit to another decade of campaign from 2020-2030.
He called on the staff to prepare well for the tasks ahead pointing out that the Corps has done very well in the pillars of the ongoing campaign.
He applauded President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, and the National Executive Council for approving the reviewed Nigeria Road Safety Strategy NRSS for the Decade of Action road map.
The document will facilitate the entrenchment of safer roads, safer road users, safer vehicles, enhanced post crash care among others.
The NRSS according to him, is an important, noble and timely intervention which supports the process of entrenching the culture of safe use of Nigerian roads.
To ensure speedy but thorough implementation of the document, the Corps Marshal urged staff of the Corps to brace up with the challenges that lay ahead, noting that extra effort and dedication is key to the realisation of the Corps mandate.
Oyeyemi further called on them to take issues of their health seriously by embarking on regular physical fitness exercise and visiting hospital for necessary checkups to detect ailments that could undermine their health status on time,
..because it only takes a healthy workforce to guarantee safety on the roads. He called on every staff to identify with the progress of the Corps by thinking outside the box and coming up with useful ideas.
While beckoning on all transport operators to comply with every COVID-19 protocol, he concluded that so far so good, the Corps has not received any negative report on the conduct of its personnel, as such, the commendation given to the entire workforce is well deserving
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CORPS MARSHAL EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER SPEED RELATED CRASHES, ORDERS FOR INCREASED ENFORCEMENT OF SPEED LIMITING DEVICE.
Following a careful review of the first phase of the end of year special patrol being embarked upon by personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and increasing cases of speed related crashes recorded within the period,
the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has expressed deep concerns and directed Commanding Officers to step up enforcement of the law on use of speed limiting device.
OYEYEMI FELICITATES WITH CHRISTIANS, REITERATES NEED TO OBSERVE COVID-19 PROTOCOLS
As Nigerian Christians join their counterparts from across the world to celebrate this year's Christmas under the threats of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has felicitated with them
...and enjoying everyone to duly observe the COVID-19 protocols against the dreaded disease in line with the directives of the Presidential Task Force (PTF).
FRSC PROMOTES 2880 OFFICERS AND MARSHALS TO THE NEXT RANK
The Federal Road Safety Commission has on 14 December, 2020 after due consideration of the report submitted by its Est. Committee in respect to the 2019 promotion,
...approved the promotion of 435 Officers to their next ranks, as the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi also approved the promotion of 769 Marshal Inspectors and 1676 Road Marshal Assistants to the next rank.
36000 OPERATIVES DEPLOYED FOR NATIONWIDE END OF YEAR SPECIAL PATROL OPERATION
Pursuant to the envisioned increase in vehicular movement across the country occasioned by the yuletide, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered the immediate deployment of logistics, personnel and Special Marshals nationwide..
to entrench safety on the roads, enforce compliance on established road traffic rules, COVID-19 precautionary measure for commuters, and secure free flow of traffic for the motoring public along all corridors and other roads.
FRSC COMMENCES ENFORCEMENT OF NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN DRIVER'S LICENCE PROCESSING
Following the Federal Government's directives on the harmonisation of citizens' data by relevant agencies, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had in compliance with the directives earlier put members of the public on notice. As a follow up to that,
...FRSC Management has resolved that effective 21 December, 2020, all applicants for the National Driver's Licence in Nigeria must present the National Identification Number (NIN) from the @nimc_ng before they can be captured for any class of the licences produced by the FRSC.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKES MEASURES WITH STRATEGIC STAKEHOLDERS AGAINST PETROLEUM TANKER CRASHES.
Following the resolutions reached at the earlier meeting of the Major Oil Marketers of Nigeria (MOMAN) & the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) renewal workshop held on 24 Sept, 2020 at IBETO Hotel, Abuja in the face of frequent cases of road traffic crashes
involving petroleum tankers and trucks leading to wanton destruction of lives and property in the country, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha directed that a meeting of strategic stakeholders be held on Monday, 23rd November, 2020.