By Mojisola Oladele
Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC personnel, Special Marshals and other relevant stakeholders in society have been urged to ensure best practices of Road Safety Management and Administration in accomplishing the 5% reduction target in road traffic incidences.
The FRSC Corps Marshal Aliyu Biu made the call during this year’s Sectoral Special Marshals workshop held in Osogbo with the theme: Volunteerism in Road Safety Management – Limits and Possibilities.
Corps Marshal Biu who was represented by Corps Commander, Shoba Akande described the Special Marshals as the volunteer arm of the commission comprising men and women of proven integrity with legitimate and veritable source of livelihood with the interest to serve humanity without remuneration attached.
The FRSC boss commended the commanding officers, personnel, Special Marshals for their proactive initiative towards organizing the workshop and urged them to further exhibit the highest level of discipline required in eradicating road crashes across the nation.
He called on Special Marshals to sustain its collaboration with Regular Marshals to attain the task of decreasing roads crashes to the barest minimum.
Declaring the event open on behalf of the State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Ephraim Oyedele, who said the role of Special Marshals, FRSC officers and other stakeholders in reducing road crashes each year could not be over emphasized, stressed the need for Nigerians to desist from actions which could lead to accidents.
Earlier in his remark, the Zonal Coordinator, RS 11(Eleven) Special Marshals, Akogun Muyiwa Oyediji said the event aimed at remind the volunteers on the need to sensitize drivers on obtaining valid documents especially the Driver’s license, saying it is a criminal act to drive on the roads without the document.
Akogun Oyediji expressed the hope that by the end of the workshop, the knowledge and skills gained would make significant impact on Special Marshals activities, in order to achieve the collective efforts of safer roads, reduced accidents and protect the lives of Nigerians.
Responding on behalf of other sister agencies, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Patrick Longe represented by the Assistant Commissioner of Police in the state, Tajudeen Akande urged the Special Marshals remain dedicated to their duties.
The workshop was attended by over seven hundred marshals across Osun State.
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