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  • FRSC wants 2 drivers assigned to vehicles on long journeys

    The Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), has advised owners of luxurious buses to assign two drivers to vehicles on long journeys to prevent accidents resulting from fatigue.

    Mr Charles Badooleng, Assistant Corps Commander in charge of Hawan Kibo unit of the corps in Plateau, gave the advice on Saturday in Hawan Kibo, a hilly area in Riyom Local Government of the state.

    Badooleng, who spoke at the official flag-off of the 2018 ’ember months operations, said that two drivers in long journey vehicle had become necessary because drivers were overworked with little time to rest.

    “One driver can travel from the north to Lagos and will be expected to return to the same route the next day. This is very risky and has been found to be largely responsible for road crashes,” he said.

    The FRSC officer said that the situation was usually worse during the ’ember months with transport companies struggling to make as much money as possible.

    He also advised drivers to rest well before embarking on long journeys and adhere to all traffic regulations, and also counseled passengers to always be observant of what their drivers were doing on the highway.

    The Unit Commander said that all the 84 personnel in his unit had been deployed to ensure motorists conformed to traffic regulations, adding that the corps was organising campaigns against drunk driving and fatigue driving.

    Speaking at the event, Mr Slaku Lugard, the Zonal Coordinator (North Central Zone), of NEMA, said that the exercise was part of efforts to minimise road crashes and assist FRSC during emergency situations.

    “The exercise is to provide support for prompt response to road traffic crashes incidents. Sadly, these crashes often lead to loss of lives, valuables and properties causing hardship to many families,“ he said.

    He said that NEMA, as a critical stakeholder in disaster management, was working with FRSC to fashion out strategies to mitigate and prevent road mishaps, especially during the ’ember months.

    He said that the annual operation was to augment the efforts of FRSC through assisting them with more personnel during emergencies.

    “We assist by releasing our officials to join FRSC during this exercise to help reduce crashes; we also give them our ambulance to convey accident victims,”  he said.

    He charged motorists to be patient when driving, and advised them to ensure that their vehicles were road worthy before embarking on any journey. (NAN)

  • Road accident kills two, injures two in Ogun State

    Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said two persons were killed while two others were injured in an accident involving two vehicles around Animashaun Estate on Idlroko road in Ogun on Saturday.

    Mr Adekunle Oguntoyinbo, Sango-Ota Unit Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident happened at about 5.30 p.m.

    Oguntoyinbo said that a Mack Truck with registration number AAA 330 XX heading towards Sango-Ota from Idi lroko lost control due to brake failure, crossed the road divider and rammed into a Mazda Car marked AAA 152 BK.

    “The corpses of the victims had been deposited at Ifo General Hospital, while the survivors were receiving treatment at General Hospital, Sango-Ota,” he said.

    He advised motorists to ensure that their vehicles were in proper condition and be cautious during the Yuletide in order to avoid unnecessary loss of lives. (NAN)

  • Yuletide: Don’t embark on night journey, FRSC tells motorists

    The Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ilesa,Osun State, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, has advised motorists to desist from  night journey during festive periods.

    Oyedeji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilesa yesterday that night journey and reckless driving are largely responsible for many of auto crashes during the Yuletide.

    He said that the unit had deployed some of its personnel to ensure that highways have free flow of traffic and motorists adhere to road safety rules.

    He warned motorists on the dangers of night journey, saying that they should embark on their journeys during the daytime.

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    The commander also urged them to ensure that their vehicles are roadworthy before embarking on any trip.

    “The command has embarked on a full-scale enforcement to eradicate reckless driving, overtaking, overloading and use of phone while driving.

    “Majority of the accidents are as a result of reckless driving and night journey in which armed robbers, potholes, grounded vehicles, among others, cause accidents,” he said.

    Oyedeji decried the practice of some commercial drivers packing goods with passengers inside their vehicles and called for a law to check the practice.

  • Govt, FRSC advised to establish transborder traffic monitoring team

    The Badagry Unit Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Fatai Adesina Bakare , has appealed to the government and FRSC to establish transborder traffic monitoring team between Nigeria and other neighbouring countries.

    This, he said, would make the corps’ personnel visible at various borders, especially land borders, to stop indiscipline and other excesses of foreign drivers.

    Bakare, Assistant Corps Commander, spoke in his office at Badagry.

    He said: “Majority of the drivers does not speak English or any other Nigerian languages. They speak French. Many of them are illiterates and lack adequate knowledge of highway codes.

    “Many innocent Nigerians have been killed through their reckless driving and disobedience to traffic rules. Road accidents would reduce, if the government in conjunction with the FRSC authority could establish a transborder traffic monitoring team. This team will give special attention to the enlightenment of these foreigners driving into our country”.

    Bakare appealed to motorists to imbibe defensive driving culture and always consider  human, geographical and mechanical factors determining safety on roads while embarking on a journey.

     

  • FRSC promotes 58 officers, 117 marshals in Oyo

    The Federal Road Safety Commission ( FRSC ), Oyo State Command, on Friday, decorated 58 officers and 117 marshals as part of the measures to motivate the officers in discharging their responsibilities.

    Mrs Cecilia Alao, the state Sector Commander, who decorated the officers at the command’s headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, said the number of staff involved was the highest so far promoted in the state history of FRSC.

    Alao lauded the FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi and the entire management team of the commission for prioritising career development with a view to encouraging staff for effective service delivery.

    She urged the newly promoted staff to view their elevation as an incentive for increased hard work, commitment and discipline required to take the commission to greater heights.

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    “You need to be more disciplined and avoid having your records tainted with queries and some other cases, which may cost you a lot.

    “The organisation will expect more from you now and you ought to prove that you merit the promotion.

    “You need to contribute more meaningfully to the actualisation of the corps’ mandate to justice,’’ the sector commander said.

    Speaking on behalf of the promoted officers, ACC Christiana Owoeye, appreciated the FRSC management team and pledged the commitment of the newly promoted staff to the uplift of the organisation.

  • FRSC: we’re not abetting rice smugglers

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Badagry-Seme Command, says its officers are not abetting smugglers of rice as being speculated in some quarters.

    Unit Commander Mr. Fatai Bakare made the clarification yesterday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry, Lagos State.

    He said FRSC operations begin at 6am and end by 6pm, “except when we are on special patrol, which extends to 10pm.”

    “This special operation is restricted to the metropolis and not outside the metropolis because we are not armed.

    “You don’t expect us to be in a secluded point when we are not armed.

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  • Council, ministry, FRSC join hands to fight traffic

    Lagos State Ministry of Transportation; the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have struck a deal on how to ease traffic in Ikoyi and Obalende.

    Under the pact, 20 officials of the LCDA will join the police, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) officials to ensure free traffic flow daily.

    Council Chairman Fuad Atanda-Lawal lamented that traffic gridlock was affecting socio-economic activities.

    Many, he said, endured traffic for hours for a less than 15 minutes journey.

    “It has become imperative to find a solution to the traffic jam. We have to look for a way out, hence this meeting,” Atanda-Lawal said.

    He thanked Transport Commissioner Mr. Ladi Lawanson for facilitating the meeting.

    The traffic team, Atanda-Lawal said, would begin work immediately.

    He implored motorists to cooperate with them to ensure sanity on the road.

     

  • We are not abetting rice smugglers- FRSC

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Badagry-Seme Command, says its officers are not abetting rice smuggling into the country as being speculated in some quarters.

    The Unit Commander, Mr Fatai Bakare, made the clarification on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry, Lagos State.

    According to Bakare, the operations of FRSC commences by 6.00a.m and ends by 6.00p.m, except when we are on special patrol which extends to 10.00p.m.

    “This special operation is restricted to the metropolis and not outside the metropolis because we are not armed.

    “You don’t expect us to be in a secluded point when we are not armed.

    “You don’t expect our staffers to be in a secluded point around 1.00a.m when bad boys, armed to the teeth move around,” he said.

    Bakare said that FRSC officials were not trained to arrest smugglers who usually move at night in high speed with sophisticated weapons.

    “If you look at the operations of smugglers, you will notice that they move in the night and in a convoy.

    “They are very reckless when they move, ready to kill. They are armed with assorted weapons like swords, cutlasses, charms and at times gun.

    “How can you expect a non-armed organisation to arrest such vehicles and people?

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    “There are several attacks by the smugglers and other agencies which led to death.

    “Have we not been seeing obituaries in the dailies of some people from different agencies that are killed by the smugglers despite the fact that they are armed?

    “So, what do you think will happen if our staffers make attempts to arrest them?

    “We only restricted our programme to enlightenment; we go to Churches, Mosques, market places, palaces and motor parks.

    “We use these media to pass our information across since we do not have the stamina to confront them on the road,” he said.

    The unit commander urged the public to expose FRSC staffers engaging in extortion of motorists.

    “We are operating a transparent organisation, right from the gate of the command, on the patrol cars, numbers of the Corps Marshalls are boldly written on them.

    “My number is also boldly written in the wall of this command, the essence is for people to call whenever they are in distress or when they notice something that is abnormal going on.

    “Just pick the name of the officer involved and get him reported. We don’t take returns in FRSC,” he said.

  • Yuletide: FG opens Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Sagamu road to traffic

    Ahead of the Yuletide and to ensure smooth travelling experience for motorists, the Federal Government on Tuesday opened the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to traffic.

    The government also inspected the progress of repair works on the Ikorodu/Sagamu road.

    Opening the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, said the highway was “special and very dear to the Federal Government’’.

    He explained that it was important because the road began from Apapa ports and terminates in the northern part of the country.

    Kuti added that it took traffic from the 36 states of the federation, hence, the speedy completion of repairs around the construction zones and opening the highway to traffic.

    “A lot of people are coming out of Lagos going home for the celebration and some are also coming in from all the states of the federation into Lagos.

    “What we are doing today is to open up all the construction areas and open up the entire highway to traffic for the period of the season, we will resume our work in January,’’ he said.

    He said the ministry was going to use the dry season to speed up reconstruction of the highway, adding that all hands were on deck with the contractors working tirelessly to achieve speedy completion.

    Kuti said that the section one of the project which spans from Ojota in Lagos State to the Sagamu Interchange was awarded at an initial cost of N70 billion but the sum was reviewed upward to N134 billion after additional works were added to the project.

    He said that increase in the volume of work on the site meant an extension of completion time for the project.

    “For now we are opening up this road for the use of the motoring public and I want to also seize this opportunity to, on behalf of the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, to appeal to motorists and commuters using this road to drive safely with caution, observe all traffic rules and regulations, including speed.

    “On our on part, in the meantime, we are handing over to the Federal Roads Safety (FRSC) so that they take control of traffic on the road,’’ he said.

    The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Ogun State, Mr Clement Oladele, said that the FRSC were going to be on 24 hours surveillance of the highway to prevent gridlock and accidents.

    He said that in 2017 the Lagos to Ogun end of the highway recorded 1.8 million travellers and about two million travellers had used the highway from January to date.

    He said that a special operations unit had been set up by the FRSC for the Yuletide to manage traffic on the highway from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15 in 2019.

    He explained that 210 deaths due to road crashes were recorded on the Ogun side of the highway in 2017 but efforts were on to stop road crashes across the federation.

    “We are estimating that minimum of 350,000 vehicles will move on this road this season.

    “I want to assure the motoring public that FRSC is here, we have commenced 24 hours operations since Dec. 1, just to ensure people travel in safety with minimal discomfort,’’ he said.

    NAN reports that after the highway was opened, road users who spoke to journalists expressed joy and thanked the Federal Government for being sensitive to the plight of road users.

    They said that the opening would reduce stress caused by gridlock and accidents on the highway.

    The controller inspected the 34 kilometers Ikorodu Sagamu Road where construction was going on at various sections.

    Kuti said the highway was important because it was linking the Ikorodu Division in Lagos to the Sagamu Division in Ogun and took as well as dispersed huge traffic from the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

    “The project is actually starting from Lagos and terminating in Sagamu and the method the contractor is adopting is to work at the critical sections and then later we link them up,’’ he said.

    He said various construction methods were being deployed on the road taking into cognisance the traffic demand of each section.

    He added that government was passionate about completing repairs of the highways which serves as alternative route to the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

  • Family demands body of FRSC officer killed by reckless driver

    The family of the late Adebomojo Oluwaseun, an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Federal Capital Territory Command, who was killed by a hit and run driver on Sunday, 16th December 2018 while on official duty has called for the release of his remains for burial.

    The elder sister to the deceased, Mrs Adeola George-Ogosi, who spoke on behalf of the family in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday called on well-meaning Nigerians to implore to the FRSC to release the body for burial in order to relieve the trauma currently experienced by the entire family.

    According to her, “Since the breaking of news about Seun’s death, the whole family has been in sadness, his mother and wife are currently on the hospital bed and doctors are still trying to revive them from the shock.

    “We were told by the FRSC that it has completed his autopsy yesterday, every necessary document has been filled and we are expecting his body to arrive today, only to be told that there is an order from above that his body should not be released.

    “This has caused us another trauma. We are appealing to well-meaning Nigerians to speak to the FRSC.

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    “We were told the driver escaped but the vehicle had been impounded, however, what has happened can’t be reversed but we must forestall the occurrence of another sad event in the family, which might be occasioned by the delay currently experienced in the release of his body by the Road Safety. FRSC, please release my brother’s corpse.”

    Mrs George-Igosi noted that every effort to convince the FRSC on the need to immediately release the body of the deceased and prevent imminent challenges to the family has been fruitless.

    However, efforts by reporters to speak with the FRSC official who has been relating with the family proved abortive, as his phone was switched off.