FRSC To Pursue Trailers Carrying People and Animals

DaudaBiu,theCorpsMarshalloftheFederalRoadSafetyCorps(FRSC),hasinstructedCorpscommanderstopursuetrailerscarryingbothpeopleandanimals. AtaWednesdaystrategymeetingwithcommandingofficersattheFRSCheadquartersinAbuja,Daudaissuedtheorder. Hevoicedconcernabouttherisingnumberoftruckandtrailercollisionscausedbyoverloading. “Ouranalysisrevealsthatinterstatebuses,masstransitsystems,andvehiclescarryingpeople,goods,andanimalscontinuetobesignificantcontributorstoroadaccidentsandfatalities,”hestated.

“Targetingtheseparticularvehiclecategoriescallsforfocusedinterventionsandamultiprongedstrategy.” Hewentontolistadditionalfactorsthatcontributetotrafficaccidents,sayingthatonemajorworryistheproblemofpeoplefailingtostopattrafficsignals,especiallyintheFederalCapitalTerritory. Inadditiontoputtinglivesindanger,hesaid,“suchblatantdisregardfortrafficregulationsunderminesthecredibilityofourenforcementefforts.” “Weneedtostepupoureffortstomakesurethattrafficlawsarestrictlyenforcedandthatthosewhobreakthemfaceconsequences,”hecontinued.

BiualsotalkedabouttheproblemofcertainFRSCofficerslackingdiscipline. Anymisconductorinappropriatebehaviorthatdamagestheorganization’sreputationisnotacceptableforacorpsofficer. “Atalltimes,wemustupholdthegreateststandardsofprofessionalism,workingwithgloballyrecognizedethics,theruleoflaw,andintegrity.”