The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has promised to strengthen its surveillance activities to regulate unprofessional conduct among road users and sustain effective patrol operations across the country
The Acting Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Mr Dauda Ali-Biu made the promise while flagging off this year’s ember months campaign at the Ita Oshin, Abeokuta motor park Ogun State.
The campaign, according to the FRSC became imperative in view of the expected increase in human and vehicular movements across the country during the last quarter of the year, known as the ember months, ushering in the festive period.
The ember months campaign was aimed at sensitizing motorists and other stakeholders in the transportation sector to adhere strictly to traffic rules and regulations in a bid to reduce carnage on the road.
Addressing the stakeholders in the sector, The FRSC Acting Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Ali-Biu said 800 patrol vehicles, 100 ambulances, 27 tow trucks and 83 motorbikes aside from other tools had been deployed for the campaign exercise.
Mr Ali-Biu who described reckless driving as a threat to the state of road infrastructure encouraged road users to desist from acts that could hinder the success of the campaign.
Mr Ali-Biu commended the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration towards the massive deployment of resources for the construction of new roads and rehabilitation of existing ones across the country which he noted was designed towards promoting the safety of lives of the commuters.
Flagging off the campaign, Governor Dapo Abiodun said there was a need for a continued sensitization campaign to encourage road users to adopt precautionary measures towards reducing road mishaps in the country.
Governor Abiodun who was represented by his Deputy, Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele applauded the FRSC for putting in more efforts to promote safety on the roads through the ember months campaign and reaffirmed his commitment to repositioning the state’s transportation sector.
The Acting Corps Marshall had earlier paid a courtesy call on the Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo who urged the Corps to combat the incessant impunity among the riders and motorists moving against traffic especially, around the Kara bridge along the Lagos – Ibadan expressway.
Segun Folarin
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