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  • Easter: FRSC deploys 25,000 personnel, logistics nationwide

    Easter: FRSC deploys 25,000 personnel, logistics nationwide

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 25,000 personnel and 869 vehicles for a special patrol to enhance road safety during the forthcoming Easter celebrations.

    The deployment includes; 267 motorcycles, 106 ambulances and 22 tow trucks for the special patrol exercise scheduled to run from April 13 to April 18.

    Spokesman of the FRSC, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement on Tuesday that the arrangement was in anticipation of mass movement of people and goods across the country during the period.

    According to Kazeem, the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has directed that adequate measures be put in place to ensure free flow of traffic and reduction in road accidents.

    He said the measures were also geared toward improved enforcement of traffic laws and improved enlightenment on proper road usage within the period.

    He stated that the operation would focus on traffic control, excessive speeding, dangerous driving and overtaking, failure to use/install speed limiting device, tyre violation, among other traffic offences.

    “Operational equipment in the categories of radar guns, alcholyzers and all other operational logistics are to be fully deployed for this exercise.

    “The Corps Marshal has equally directed that all Zebras must be active 24/7 and be responsive to calls within the minimum FRSC response time to crashes reported,’’ the FRSC spokesman said.

    The operation, he said, had been programmed to run in shift as follows: 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., and that night rescue teams are to be on standby at all operational commands.

    Kazeem said the corps would work in collaboration with the Military, Police, Civil Defence Corps, Department of State Services (DSS), and other security and traffic management agencies.

    He quoted the Corps Marshal as calling on all road users to imbibe the culture of proper road usage to safeguard their lives and those of others.

     

     

    NAN

  • ‘270 persons died in road crashes in Ogun… ‘

    ‘270 persons died in road crashes in Ogun… ‘

    The Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Clement Oladele, said on Saturday that a total of 270 persons died in road traffic crashes in the state in 2016.

    Oladele announced this at the inauguration of road traffic cautionary sign posts at Onipepeye and Siun junction area of the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ceremony was performed by His
    Royal Majesty, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, CFR, the Alake of Egbaland.

    The FRSC sector commander said that of the 383 crashes recorded in Ogun in 2016, a total of 1,366 persons sustained various degrees of injuries and were taken to various hospitals for treatment.

    This figure, according to him, represented a reduction in total crashes, fatalities and injuries, by 11 per cent, 12 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively.

    He explained that it was in a bid to stem `speed-induced crashes’ that the command, through its Special Marshals unit, erected speed/caution signs at the Siun/Kobape black spot, to stem speeding and prevent avoidable crashes.

    Earlier, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, commended the efforts of the FRSC in reducing the tide of road crashes in the country.

    The Alake debunked the notion that crashes on the Abeokuta/Sagamu expressway had spiritual undertones.

    The paramout ruler of Egbaland urged motorists to comply with warning signs erected between Onipepeye and Siun junction, stressing that government’s initiative in installing the speed limiting device in commercial vehicles was for the common good of all.

  • Speed limiting device: Don’t bring further hardships on Nigerians, Melaye warns FRSC

    Speed limiting device: Don’t bring further hardships on Nigerians, Melaye warns FRSC

    The Senate on Thursday, resolved to halt the plan by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to implement the use of speed limiting device by vehicles in the country.

    Consequently, it mandated its Committee on Federal Character to investigate the plan to ensure that it did not add to the hardship currently being experienced by Nigerians.

    This followed a point of order raised by Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi) during plenary.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that the FRSC had in 2016 advised vehicle owners to install speed limiting device in their vehicles.

    The device is electro-mechanic and restrains a vehicle from moving on more than the stipulated speed limit, and its enforcement is to check speeding believed to be a major cause of vehicles accidents.

    Melaye said, “there is a proposal by the Federal Road Safety Corps to begin implementation of speed limiting device and this device is to be sold to individuals by the commission.

    “This policy will not go down with the masses of this country.

    “This is not the time to bring economic hardship on the already traumatised people in this country.

    “In every civilised part of the world, it is the responsibility of road safety authorities or agencies like her to mark speed limits on the road and when you beat this speed, they charge you.

    “To ask individuals to purchase speed device from Road Safety is unacceptable and this is even not the time to do it,” he said.

    He called on the leadership of the Senate to intervene in the matter and stop the “draconian move”.

    In his remarks, President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, referred the matter to the Federal Character Committee to handle and report back urgently.

     

     

    NAN

  • Abuja-Kaduna road gets 8 additional FRSC out-posts

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it is establishing eight additional operational outposts on Abuja-Kaduna road to deal with expected rise in vehicular and human traffic on the route from March 8.

    The FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday.

    The Federal Government recently announced plans to close the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for six weeks from March 8 to pave way for repairs on the runway.

    During the period, flights would be diverted to neighbouring Kaduna Airport from where passengers to or from Abuja would travel by rail or road, aviation authorities said.

    The FRSC boss said this would, therefore, lead to increase in human and vehicular traffic on the Abuja-Kaduna road with an estimated driving distance of 199 kilometres.

    He stated that more vehicles and operational logistics would be deployed alongside adequate personnel on the route to boost the corps’ capacity to promptly respond to emergencies within the period and beyond.

    Oyeyemi assured travelers along the corridor and other routes across the country of the FRSC’s presence and preparedness to effectively manage the traffic.

    He solicited orderly conduct and cooperation from motorists and other road users with traffic management agencies.

    The corps marshal announced that full enforcement of the installation of speed limiter in commercial vehicles would now begin on Feb. 1.

    Speed limiter is a device installed in vehicles to limit their top speed.

    The official speed limit for buses in Nigeria is 90 kilometres per hour, but the device is calibrated to 95 kilometres per hour.

    Enforcement was initially scheduled to begin on Sept. 1, 2015, but postponed several times following pleas by stakeholders.

    The FRSC boss said different categories of commercial vehicles must calibrate their devices in accordance with the respective permissible speed limits.

    He noted that “Nigerian roads are not race tracks and the corps is determined to ensure that this remains so. There will not be any short-cut to this.

    “We count on the sensibilities of Nigerians to rise against national challenges; this is not expected to be an exception.”

  • Pay us our salaries before Christmas or we will resort to taking bribes – FRSC officials

    Pay us our salaries before Christmas or we will resort to taking bribes – FRSC officials

    …Collect bribes and be dismissed, FRSC authorities dare threatening workers

    In what seems like a desperate approach to get the authorities to listen to their pleas and enjoy the forthcoming yuletide season, some aggrieved officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC have threatened to resort to openly collecting bribes from motorist if their November salaries and bonuses were not paid before Christmas.

    In a report by The Punch, the aggrieved officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Federal Government had refused to offer any explanation for the non-payment.

    An official, who identified himself only as Patrick, said the government had no excuse for refusing to pay them their salaries since the FRSC was a revenue-generating agency.

    He said, “The government is being very unfair to us. Christmas is next Sunday and many of us who are male officials have been asked to remain on the roads to ensure that the roads are safe.

    “How can the agency ask me to spend Christmas on the road and at the same time deprive me of my salary?

    “They should not turn corps officials into policemen because that is what will happen if we are not paid.”

    Another female FRSC official, who claimed to be a single mother, said the non-payment of salaries had affected her, as she had not been able to do any shopping for her children ahead of the Christmas and New Year’s celebration.

    She said, “Everyone knows that the prices of goods increase during Christmas and that is why most people try to do their shopping early December. It is bad enough that we are witnessing a recession but the government should not worsen our condition by withholding our pay.

    “What will I feed my children with this Christmas? Where will I get the money to take them out to have fun? They cannot tell us not to extort money from motorists and at the same time deprive us of our salaries. It is unfair.”

    Another official, who gave his name as Abiodun, recalled that in five months, corps officials had been receiving salaries on the seventh day of the following month.

    Abiodun said, “There have always been bad eggs in the agency, but the fact that most officials are well paid sort of reduced the number of bad eggs.

    “However, now that salaries are not being paid, the government seems to be giving officials the ‘green light’ to indulge in corrupt practices. You cannot flog me and ask me not to cry.”

    However, the FRSC’s Head of Media Relations and Strategy, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, while reacting to the threat, said salary issue was not the fault of the agency but the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, the platform through which Federal Government officials were paid.

    He said, “The salary issue is from IPPIS and not from us; so, I suggest you get in touch with the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

    “The salary issue is being sorted out and anyone who takes bribes knows the implications. Anyone who is caught collecting bribes will be dismissed.”