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Sallah: FRSC Deploys
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Sallah: FRSC Deploys 36,000 Personnel for
Eid-Fitr
In line with its tradition of organising special patrols during
festive periods to avert road obstructions, crashes and deaths due
to heightened traffic movement, the Federal Road Safety Corps
(FRSC) has commenced 2019 Eid el fitr special patrol with
deployment of 36,000 of its personnel. This was disclosed by the
FRSC Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem in a statement
issued in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to him, the special patrol was to put necessary
measures in place to ensure that the 2019 Eid el fitr celebration
expected to take place early next week is observed under an
atmosphere of peace, safety and free movement of people and
vehicles across the country.
Kazeem further stated that the special operation was to ensure
free flow of traffic, provide prompt rescue services and timely
clearance of obstructions on all major roads and critical corridors
across the country during and after the festive period as well as
minimising the occurrence of road traffic crashes on the nation’s
highways.
He added that the focus would be on light sign violation,
overloading violation, driver licence violation, fake/expired; lane
indiscipline, removal of rickety vehicles on the roads and other
obstructions as well as driving with expired/worn out tyre and
without spare tyre.
To ensure the effectiveness of the operations, 52 critical
corridors across the country have been identified to be covered
within the period, while commanding officers operating along such
corridors were given specific directives to ensure that the routes
are properly manned. As part of the strategies, mobile courts would
also be in full sitting to promptly try traffic violations.
The FRSC spokesman enjoined all motorists to cooperate with the
personnel of the Corps and other security agencies who would be
engaged in traffic management to ensure free movement of
traffic.
The special operation would last from 31 May to 8 June 2019 with
active participation of regular and special marshals while monitors
from the FRSC National Headquarters Abuja would be deployed to
Field Commands to ensure compliance to the operational order. The
Corps Marshal of FRSC of the FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi is the overall
Commander of the special patrol.
Bisi Kazeem
Corps Public Education Officer
FRSC