The Federal Government has recruited and trained 8,000 personnel of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to safeguard the nation’s highways.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, said this yesterday in Abuja while decorating the new FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr. Dauda Biu, with his new rank.
He said the injection of the personnel into the system was among numerous supports that the FRSC received since the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in 2015.
Mustapha said the interventions were targeted at reducing the high rate of carnages on the nation’s roads.
According to him, the supports include assenting of the six United Nations (UN) conventions and agreements on road traffic.
The SGF listed some of the interventions as:
“Building and inauguration of world-class auditorium, ICT hall and ultra-modern medical centre at the FRSC Academy in Udi, Enugu State;
“Building and inauguration of administrative block, hostels for cadets of the academy and junior officers of FRSC Staff College at FRSC Academy in Udi, Enugu State; and
“The approval of the Nigeria Road Safety Strategy Documents I and II to deepen road safety administration and encourage inclusiveness.”
Mustapha said the corps was also able to expand the scope of its national driver’s licence production plant with the building of new print farm in Lagos.
According to him, this is in addition to a new training school for road Marshal Assistants at Shendam in Plateau State.
“Also, the establishment of Marshal Assistant Training School in Awo Alero through effective collaboration with Delta State government;
“The workforce was also increased through recruitment and training of over 8,000 personnel; and
“On the operational front, a total of 958 vehicles were injected into the corps and a total of 16 new sector commands were built to boost staff welfare and comfort in the work place,” he said.
The SGF urged FRSC officers and men to consolidate on the successes made so far in achieving the mandate of road traffic crashes eradication in the country.