Difference Between Federal Road Safety Corps And Federal Road Safety Commission.

Daily Law Tips (Tip 462) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM.
ACIArb(UK)

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN federal road safety corps and federal
road safety commission.

Federal Road Safety Commission (Commission) and the Federal Road
Safety Corps (Corps) are both creations of the Federal Government
of Nigeria since 1988 through Federal Road Safety Commission Act of
1988 (now repealed/replaced by the Federal Road Safety Commission
Act of 2007).

The Commission is created as a corporate body that can own
property, have a common seal, sue and be sued. It has the
responsibility of making policies and appointing suitable persons
as (i) Deputy Corps Marshals; (ii) Assistant Corps Marshals; (iii)
Corps Commanders; (iv) Deputy Corps Commanders; (v) Assistant Corps
Commanders; (vi) Chief Route Commanders; (vii) Superintendent Route
Commanders; (viii) Route Commanders; (ix) Deputy Route Commanders;
or (x) Assistant Route Commanders. It makes regulations for the
operations and conducts of Federal Road Service Corps (Corps) as
well as use of roads, vehicles and general conducts of road users.
The Commission comprises of a Chairman and five (5) other persons
appointed by the President of Nigeria as well as the Corps Marshal
of Federal Road Safety Corps.

The Corps is a body of uniformed and un-uniformed members,
established for the Commission and being managed by the Commission.
The Corps is the operational tool of the Commission, which the
Commission uses to execute and enforce its policies across Nigeria.
The Corps are the uniformed and un-uniformed “Federal Road Safety”
staff that you find on the roads performing road traffic and road
saftey duties assigned to them by the Commission. The members of
the Corps are; (a) Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM);(b) Assistant Corps
Marshal (ACM) (c) Corps Commander (CC) (d) Deputy Corps Commander
(DCC); (e) Assistant Corps Commander (ACC); (f) Chief Route
Commander (CRC) ;(g) Superintendent Route Commander (SRC) ; (h)
Route Commander (RC) ; (i) Deputy Route Commander (DRC) ; (j)
Assistant Route Commander (ARC); (k) Chief Road Marshal (CRM) ; (l)
Deputy Chief Road Marshal (DCRM) ; (m) Assistant Chief Road Marshal
(ACRM) ; (n) Principal Road Marshal (PRM); (o) Senior Road Marshal
(SRM) ; (p) Road Marshal 1 (RMI) ; (q) Road Marshal II (RMII); (r)
Chief Road Marshal Assistant (CRMA); (s) Senior Road Marshal
Assistant (SRMA) ; (t) Road Marshal Assistant (RMA I) ;(u) Road
Marshal Assistant (RMA II) and (v) Road Marshal Assistant (RMA
III). The Chief Executive Officer of the Corps is the Chief
Marshal.

My authorities are sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 29 and 31 of the
Federal Road Safety Commission Act of 2007.

#DailyLawTips
#SabiLaw
#LearnNigerianLaws

Feel free to reach the author, ask questions or make inquiries
on this topic or any other via [email protected]^[1]
or [email protected]^[2]
or +2348037665878.

NOTE: Sharing or modifying or publishing this publication
without giving credit to Onyekachi Umah, Esq. and
“LearnNigerianLaws.com” is a criminal breach of copyright and will
be prosecuted. Please share this publication till it gets to those
that need it most. Save a Nigerian today!

To receive our Daily Law Tips for free follow our Facebook page,
Twitter, Instagram and YouTube via “@LearnNigerianLaws”.
This publication is the writer’s view not a legal advice and does
not create any form of relationship. You may reach the writer for
more information.

Powered by www.LearnNigerianLaws.com