Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC has deployed thirty-six thousand personnel for end of the year special patrol operations.
The headquarters Public Education Officer in Abuja, Mr Business Kazeem said this became imperative in the pursuant to the envisioned increase in vehicular movement across the country occasioned by the yuletide.
He explained that the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps ,FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi had 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.
Mr Kazeem said the Corps also ordered strategic 24 hours observatory at Commands along high volume of traffic/gridlock prone areas.
He revealed that the directive was targeted at achieving a near zero road traffic crash throughout the period and secure free flow of traffic for the motoring public along all corridors and other roads.
The FRSC spokesman noted that the Corps has observed that a key characteristics of the period over the years is an upsurge in traffic volume, impatience by motorists, who may not have adequately planned their journeys, or motorists managing mechanically deficient vehicles to and fro their travel destinations.
According to him, the foregoing was known to be the major causes of chaos and indiscipline among all classes of road users, leading to crashes, fatalities, maiming of motorists and loss of property as well as traffic congestion/gridlocks.
The Corps Marshal also stated that the operatives would be charged with the responsibility of identifying alternative routes to assist motorists during gridlocks, and give notification of traffic distressed areas for easy movement.
While officers and Marshals would be mobilized with the necessary materials for Rescue Operations, the Corps’ operatives would be collaborating with Military units, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Directorate of State Services (DSS), NGO Ambulance Service Providers, National Net.
Rasheeda Makinde
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