To boost their performance, integrity and professionalism, Lagos Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has organised a management retreat for its management personnel.
The event with the theme: “Improving service delivery through professionalism and road safety administration held at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Badagry.
The Corps’ Head of Policy, Research and Statistics Department, Assistant Corps Marshal Kayode Olagunju, said the retreat was part of the FRSC’s drive to enable it fulfil its statutory mandate.
He said making the highway safe for the motorists and other road users was the major focus of FRSC, noting that it could be achieved through engaging drivers, motorists and the public on the proper use of road, recommending works and devices designed to minimise or eliminate crashes on the highways, advise the government on where and how such works and devices were required, educating motorists and the public on the importance of discipline on the road.
Others he mentioned were: Shaping the attitude of road users, influencing the minds of motorists positively, ensuring the development and sustenance of responsible driving populace, imparting appropriate road safety norms in drivers, pedestrians, children, youths and cyclists, preservation of lives and property and building a new generation of safety compliant for drivers and pedestrians.
Olagunju appealed to the FRSC workers to improve on motorised campaigns on motor parks through rallies, carnival, safety dramas/music, routine operations, institution of road safety clubs and special marshals.
He urged the officers to discharge their duties with integrity and professionalism while making the road safe for road users.
He noted that all officers must be of good example of the Corps in the public by ensuring development and sustenance of responsible service delivery.
He urged the officers to maintain professionalism, integrity and shun indiscipline that could tarnish the image of the Corps.
Lagos and Ogun states’ Zonal Commander Shehu Alkali Zaki urged officers to show commitment, transparency and comportment in their duties.
He hailed Corps’ men and women for their efforts at reducing road crashes, especially on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Lagos State Sector Commander Hyginus Omeje, said the retreat was in line with FRSC strategic initiative aimed at actualising the Corps’ 2017 Corporate Strategic Goals of Strengthening Professionalism and Advance Road Safety Administration. It is also in line with the Corps Mission Statement of ‘’continually improving on operations’’.
He said road crashes were a discomfort that should be tackled with high -level seriousness, adding that the command would handle it through the sustenance of special intervention patrol in all the critical corridors in the state.
Omeje said the Command had embarked on enlightenment in religious homes, motor park rallies, advocacy visits, road shows and media campaigns,, adding that regular deploying of personnel, patrol vehicles and ambulances across the state had stemmed crashes and boosted rescue operations.
The Command, he added, also partnered the key stakeholders in driving the vision of the corps, noting that the FRSC could not do it alone.