By Dada Ahmed
(Abuja)
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has expressed satisfaction with the general conduct, commitment and professionalism of the personnel of the Corps as manifested in the ongoing yuletide special patrol.
He also commended the cooperation of the road users, saying that the excellent performances and positive impact recorded by the Corps was directly tied to the high rate of compliance received from the motoring public.
In a release signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem in Abuja, Oyeyemi gave the commendation after receiving briefs from supervisory officers deployed from the National Headquarters to monitor the special operations nationwide.
The Corps Marshal,who reviewed the entire processes and activities of the Corps,urged the staff not to rest on their oars.
While conceding that there were some setbacks in the special patrol exercise, the Corps Marshal expressed satisfaction with the general conduct of the staff and output across the country and urged them to rededicate themselves for greater performance.
Oyeyemi,who recalled noticeable number of the motoring public seen violating traffic rules, warned those involved to desist from such unsafe behaviours by complying with all safety precautions, remind them that ” road does not forgive.”
The Corps Marshal while giving an overview of the global road safety campaign, under the auspices of the UN Decade of Action For Road Safety: 2011-2020, stated that the campaign would end at the end of 2020, adding that would transit to another decade of campaign from 2020-2030.
He called on the staff to prepare well for the tasks ahead, pointing out that the Corps had done very well in the pillars of the ongoing campaign.
He applauded President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Executive Council for approving the reviewed Nigeria Road Safety Strategy( NRSS) for the Decade of Action road map.
According to him, the document will facilitate the entrenchment of safer roads, safer road users, safer vehicles, enhanced post crash care among others, adding that it is an important, noble and timely intervention which supports the process of entrenching the culture of safe use of Nigerian roads.
To ensure speedy but thorough implementation of the document, the Corps Marshal urged staff of the Corps to brace up with the challenges that laid ahead, noting that extra effort and dedication remained key to the realisation of the Corps mandate.
Oyeyemi further called on them to take issues of their health seriously by embarking on regular physical fitness exercise and visiting hospital for necessary checkups, to detect ailments that could undermine their health status on time.
He said this became necessary, “because it only takes a healthy workforce to guarantee safety on the roads.”
He also called on every staff to identify with the progress of the Corps by thinking outside the box and coming up with useful ideas that improve safety of lives and property on the road.
Oyeyemi urged all transport operators in the country to comply with every COVID-19 protocol as parts of the collective effort to check the spread of the deadly disease globally.
The Reporters recalls that COVID-19, which was first reported in Wuhan, China on December 31,2019 and in Nigeria on February 27,2020, has so far killed no fewer than 1.6 million people globally out of which Nigeria has recorded over 1,000 deaths.
There is also significant number of recovery from the novel virus all over the world.
