APA – Lagos (Nigeria)
The Corps Marshal of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Dauda Ali Biu, has tasked Commanding Officers of the Corps to ensure full deployment of staff for maximum visibility, prompt removal of obstructions and ease of movement on all highways across the country in order to ensure a safe and smooth 2023 Easter celebrations,
This is in line with the operational guidelines of this year’s special patrol scheduled to commence from 6 to 12 April, 2023.
He further stated that the objectives of the special operations are reduction in Road Traffic Crashes, Road Traffic Fatalities and Road Traffic Injuries; prompt response to road traffic crash victims; unhindered engagement in purposeful public education and enlightenment and speedy removal of obstructions from the highways, among others.
The Corps Marshal assured members of the public that in achieving the objectives of the special operations, the Corps will combine the engagement of the motoring public through purposeful and impactful public education programmes, strengthening of surveillance activities to regulate unprofessional excesses, sustained effective patrol operations as well as adequate monitoring on the highways.
To this end, the Corps would carry out aggressive enforcement, including conducting over 200 mobile court operations, with the aim of checking the speeding and dangerous driving/overtaking,Lane indiscipline/Route violation, road obstructions and use of Phone while Driving among other offences.
And to achieve this, over 743 patrol vehicles, 184 administrative vehicles, 92 ambulances, 23 tow trucks and 144 motorbikes are being deployed as part of the patrol logistics.
Furthermore, reflective jackets, traffic cones, tyre pressure gauges, a number of extricating machines and digital breathalyzers are part of the tools set aside for the special operations.
Added to the above is a total of 23 Help Areas have been mobilised to ensure prompt removal of obstructions, and rescue operations during the period.
This, he said, was in addition to the 15 traffic control camps, which would be dedicated solely to identifying traffic gridlock areas to be manned by our personnel on 24/7 basis during the Easter Celebrations.
For effective monitoring and prompt response, the Corps has put in place a Situation Room at the National Headquarters to monitor the activities across the country, collate and process information for dissemination to relevant commands and stakeholders as the case may be.
While reassuring the motoring public of FRSC’s renewed vigour towards entrenching sanity on the roads, the Corps Marshal also wishes all Nigerians safe and successful Easter celebrations.
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