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  • Overloading: FRSC goes tough on offenders

    The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, says the commission will not rest on its oars until the campaign against vehicle overloading is achieved.

    The corps marshal said this at a strategy session with commanding officers in Abuja on Saturday.

    Oyeyemi described overloading of vehicles as a monster, adding that it was his greatest headache.

    He explained that such goods were usually transported with buses whereas they were to be taken by trucks.

    “I don’t know why buses are being excessively loaded like that,” he said.

    He said that the trend must be tamed to ensure safety of lives and property.

    On recruitment, the corps marshal noted that the training for new officers was ongoing with internship to commence on April 7.

    READ ALSO: FRSC advises passengers to caution reckless drivers

    He disclosed that the 2018 promotion would begin on March 24 for officers and marshals.

    “For officers within the rank of Assistant Corps Marshals to Deputy Corps Commanders, the exercise will commence on Monday, March 25.”

    He said the corps would from next quarter; establish 12 unit commands and 10 outposts at critical corridors.

    “We have gotten support of various Local Governments.

    “There are some of the units where we will reinforce the areas because recent pattern of the road traffic crashes is changing especially in the north-west.”

    He further said that FRSC would set up more formations on the highways to improve on the level of patrol operations.

    Oyeyemi said that following the expiration of the Nigeria Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) 2014 to 2018, the second edition of the document for 2019 to 2020 has reached an advance stage.

    The NRSS is a medium term plan for road safety management in Nigeria.

    NAN

  • FRSC absolves demons of blame in road accidents

    FRSC absolves demons of blame in road accidents

    The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, has absolved demons of responsibility for the high rate of road traffic accidents during ember months.

    Oyeyemi spoke at the launch of the 10th edition of the “Don’t Drink and Drive’’ campaign of the Nigerian Breweries (NB) in collaboration with the FRSC in Abuja on Wednesday.

    Represented by the Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC boss blamed the situation on recklessness and irresponsible acts of motorists and other road users.

    “The Ember Months being a period of festivities, people are wont to get drunk on a daily basis in the name of celebration.

    “Nigerians must be aware that frequent cases of road crashes during this period, particularly the ember months are unconnected to demonic activities.

    “This campaign, therefore, is a timely reminder that drinking and driving do not only pose threat to the life of the drunk driver, but also to the lives and property of other of all road users.

    “Such are still a threat to the state of road infrastructure which costs a lot of resources to produce and mount on the highways and city centres,’’

    Oyeyemi recalled that 31 accidents involving 122 people were recorded during the 2016 ember month, leaving five persons dead and 53 injured.

    He said driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs was largely responsible for the recorded cases of accidents.

    This, according to him, underscores the fact that a drunk driver is more likely to drive dangerously or involve in other life-threatening road traffic violations.

    The FRSC helmsman lauded the NB for placing the safety of lives and property of its customers above profit with the “Don’t Drink and Drive’’ campaign.

    The Managing Director of NB, Mr Johan Doyer, said the campaign was an annual awareness creation and life-saving initiative, designed to promote responsible drinking among drivers and other road users.

    Doyer, who was represented by the NB Head of Government Relations, Mr Vivian Ikem, said the programme has been running since 2008.

    According to him, it was part of the company’s “Brewing a Better World” sustainability journey.

    “For our road users, most especially our commercial drivers (tanker, luxury bus drivers and Keke and Okada riders), we want to encourage you to drink responsibly as the lives of the passengers are in your hands.

    “One mistake on the wheel can take the lives of so many people.

    “Our message is clear and simple: don’t drive and drive.

    “If there is an organisation that is properly positioned to send this message, I think it is the Nigerian Breweries because we are more concerned about the lives of our fellow Nigerians than the money and profits that come to us an organisation.”

    The NB chief executive commended the FRSC for its sustained commitment to the reduction of road traffic accidents and deaths as well as the success of the “Don’t Drink and Drive” campaign.

    Some transport union leaders, present at the occasion, promised to pass the message to their members as well as institute their own measures to prevent drunk driving.

  • Infographics: Abuja records highest road accident in July – FRSC

    Infographics: Abuja records highest road accident in July – FRSC

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says  423 persons died and 2,339 others were wounded in 768 road traffic accidents across the country in July.

    The agency disclosed this in the July edition of its monthly `Road Traffic Crash (RTC) Report’ made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday.

    According to the report signed by the FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the July death figure represents an increase of 122 or 41 percent over that of June.

    In June, the FRSC recorded 738 accidents nationwide leaving 301 persons dead and 2,157 others wounded.

    The latest report said the accident cases and persons injured in July were also higher than those of the previous month by 30 and 182 or 4 percent and 8 percent respectively.

    Road traffic accidents data
    Road traffic accidents data

    The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) maintained its lead in road traffic accidents among the 36 states with 93 cases resulting in 17 deaths and injury of 167 persons in July.

    Kaduna State followed with 54 cases, which left 43 persons dead and 198 others injured, while Niger came third with 48 cases, leading to 24 deaths and 148 injured persons, according to the report.

     

    On the number of fatalities, Kaduna State recorded the highest with 43 deaths, followed by Ogun (33), Jigawa (27), Osun (26), Niger (24), Kogi (22), Ebonyi (20), among others.

    Road accidents data
    Road accidents data in July

    The report said that speed violation accounted for 505 cases or 56.4 percent of the total road accidents in the month under review, thus leading other causative factors.

    It was followed by dangerous driving, which resulted in 85 percent or 9.5 percent of the cases; tyre burst with 57 cases representing 6.4 percent, and wrong overtaking leading to 52 percent or 5.8 percent of the cases.

    According to the report, a total of 1,257 vehicles were involved in the July accidents, out of which 738 or 58.7 percent were commercial, 499 or 39.7 percent private and 20 government vehicles.

    The report was accompanied with a cover letter addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation whose office supervises the FRSC.

    In the letter, the Corps Marshal solicited more assistance in the acquisition of additional speed detection devices, especially radar guns, to check the menace of speeding by motorists.

  • FRSC begins clampdown on unlatched containers — Official

    The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, said on Tuesday in Lagos that the corps would soon resume full enforcement on articulated vehicles whose containers are not properly latched.

    Oyeyemi disclosed this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during his ongoing traffic assessment on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday.

    He said that the major concern of the FRSC was to prevent the trailers and flat belt containers from falling unnecessarily.

    “Our major concern has to do with the flat belt trailers because in 2015, we started the enforcement in which over 3,000 trailers were impounded.

    “We later entered into an agreement with their union executives on full compliance but recently, we just discovered some non-compliance among the trailer drivers.

    “Enforcement is supposed to be a deterrent, such that if you don’t want to be penalised, you have to stay away from violating traffic rules and regulations.

    “We are resuming full enforcement of the flat belt trailers and containers that are not properly latched to the vehicles,’’ he said.

    The Corps Marshal said that the enforcement would also focus on the quality of tyres of the trailers, trucks and other articulated vehicles.

    Oyeyemi said that the corps had decided that every vehicle had to comply with minimum safety standards, in term of tyres and other safety gadgets.

     

    “Using fake and second hand tyres is an act of irresponsibility, which must be stopped.

    “Enough is enough of wasting the lives of innocent persons unnecessarily on the highways.

    “Motorists must produce effective C-caution signs; gone are the days when vehicles used leaves, stones and tyres as C-caution signs.

    “Tyres, for instance, are not reflective as warning signs and I have warned those still using them on the implications,’’ the Corps Marshal added.

     

  • FRSC boss calls for synergy among agencies

    FRSC boss calls for synergy among agencies

    The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, has called for synergy among security agencies to enhance the safety of passengers on the nation’s roads.

    Oyeyemi made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

    He made the call when he inspected the newly established road safety facilities along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Wednesday.

    The facilities were set up to address anticipated road traffic challenges following the temporary closure of the Abuja International Airport and diversion of air traffic to the Kaduna Airport.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Abuja Airport was closed on Wednesday to pave way for reconstruction of its runway scheduled to last for six weeks.

    According to him, during the period, flights will be diverted to neighboring Kaduna Airport from where passengers to or from Abuja will travel by rail or road, aviation authorities said.
    Oyeyemi said that the synergy among relevant agencies was critical to ensuring the security of lives on the nation’s highways.

    He expressed satisfaction with the level of preparedness of the corps to cope with the anticipated traffic upsurge on the route.

    Oyeyemi said with the level of sensitisation already given to the staff and the facilities deployed, he did not envisage any major challenges within the six weeks that the Abuja airport would remain closed.

    The corps marshal disclosed that the eight newly established outposts had brought the number of FRSC commands along the corridor to 21 with four ambulance points.

    He assured that the personnel who would work at the outposts had been appropriately deployed with relevant logistics, including patrol vehicles, towing trucks and ambulances.

    The corps marshal further stated that regular patrols would be intensified along the corridor, while mobile courts would be put in place to summarily try recalcitrant traffic offenders.

    Oyeyemi warned that lawlessness would not be tolerated in the area, he enjoined the staff to be highly civil and modest in handling their assignments.

    He urged the staff to work harder to prevent cases of overloading, lane indiscipline and route violation as well as speed violation which were rampart on the road.

    The corps marshal called on those operating the ambulance services to always remain at alert to respond promptly to distress calls from any part of the road.

    Oyeyemi commended the Federal Government for the provision of adequate facilities as evidenced by the rehabilitation of the road, urging the road users to make the best use of the facilities.

    He was accompanied by the Zonal Commanding Officer, Zone RS1 Headquarters Kaduna, Assistant Corps Marshal Bulus Darwang and some senior officers from the National Headquarters

     

  • Fleet technologies rebrands, plans to advance ICT in Africa

    Fleet technologies rebrands, plans to advance ICT in Africa

    Leading Information and Communication Technology (ICT) company in Africa, Fleet Technologies Limited has announced the launch of its new identity, Vatebra Limited at a grand event held in Lagos, Nigeria.

    Speaking on: “Beyond Now-Nigeria without oil: Prospect for Technology and Innovation, Keynote Speaker, Dr. Doyin Salami, member of the Lagos Business School stressed the importance of technology and innovations to Africa, Nigeria in particular.

    According to him, Nigeria beyond oil simply means diversify the Nigerian economy in such a manner that government revenues do not depend on oil, adding that 72% of government revenues in this country are derived from oil.

    “So you can already see the mismatch and the problems when the sector of your economy that is about 10% to 12% is responsible for 70+% of government revenues. You already know that should anything happen to that revenue generator. When we say Beyond Now-Nigeria without oil, what prospects for technology; even though I have set up for you that in certain dimensions, oil is not important, in other dimensions, oil is critical,” the scholar said.

    Speaking further on the role of technology as far as the Nigerian economy is concerned; the Economist observed that Technology has arguably become the fastest growing sector of the Nigerian economy. He said that ICT today in 2016 accounts for about 10% of the Nigerian economy, recalling that in the year 2000, ICT in Nigeria was less than one quarter of 1% of this economy.

    “Late starters in the technology game, tend to have a benefit of the newest technology. If we are going to be a late starter and a beneficiary, then we have to be serious about it. If we are going to be talk about a Nigeria without oil, if we are going to talk about the role of technology, we have to ask ourselves, is Nigeria ready for technology? Is Nigeria wired for technology?

    “I was looking earlier today at the Global Innovation index, and it was quite damning. Out of 148 countries, Nigeria ranked 121. If that is the case, at the very least, what it already tells us is that not only are we late starters, we don’t even seem to be interested in the game,” he lamented.

    In his opinion, if Nigeria is going to be serious about technology, education has to be taken more seriously than ever before. “Technology is about the practical application of knowledge and knowledge is about education. If we cannot educate our own people, then how do we want to be part of technology.  You may require technology to do innovation and you may not. But what is clear is that without knowledge we are unlikely to do either technology or innovation,“ Dr Salami maintained.

    In his remark, Vatebra Managing Director, Kunle Akinniran noted: “As a company, we have seen the evolution of thoughts and ideas; Ideas that simplify the way we conduct business to how our students register for examinations and check their results. We have seen how the mobile device has become the first and the last touch point for virtually every young person in Nigeria today.”

    According to him, the company has been at the forefront of championing innovative ICT solutions that have helped automate many manual processes both in government and private organizations.

    The event was graced by influential personalities from various Federal Government Agencies, multinational organisations and regulatory institutions among the, who are Registrar, West African Examination Council (WAEC); Registrar, National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), Dr. Olatunde Aworanti.

    Others are Dr Iyi Uwadiae, The Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi  and chairman of Chams Group, Demola Aladekomo and many more.

  • FRSC warns against obtaining driver’s licence by proxy

    FRSC warns against obtaining driver’s licence by proxy

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday warned against obtaining the driver’s licence by proxy and advised prospective applicants to obtain the document through due process.

    Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, gave the warning at a one-day workshop organised for the Corps Heads of Driving License Centres.

    “There will be no more collection of driver’s licence by proxy; prospective applicants will have to come by themselves and be captured to avoid obtaining fake license.

    “Also, fresh applicants must obtain permit from an approved driving school and undergo all necessary processes before they will be issued the document,’’ Oyeyemi said.

    He said the issue of integrity of driver’s licence was raised when the corps visited the National Assembly recently; assuring that the corps was poised to tackle the issue of fake licence.

    The corps marshal restated that the document could be obtained with only N6, 350 and advised applicants to report any personnel of the corps who demanded more than the amount.

    According to Oyeyemi, the workshop is to review the first quarter operations of the corps and address the issue of driver’s licence.

    He said the corps, for the first time, recorded lowest cases of road traffic accidents during the Easter.

    He attributed this to adequate deployment of personnel and equipment during the period.

    Oyeyemi advised motorists and other road users to continue to collaborate with the commission in efforts to reduce road crashes.