Tuesday, December 24, 2024
FRSC to man twenty-three camps and help areas, deploys over one thousand offers to all roads.
As the Christmas and New Year festivities draw closer, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has put in place Mobile Courts on all the highways across the country to check excesses of motorists and try violators of traffic rules.
The Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed also directed Commanding Officers to ensure 24-hour observation along high volume traffic/gridlock-prone areas, full mobilization of the 23 Help Areas, proper use of the 59 Emergency Ambulances whenever the need arises, full mobilization of roadside (RTC) Clinics, and 24/7 broadcast on a National radio.
Other areas to look out for are Excessive speeding, Overloading, Dangerous Driving/Overtaking, Lane indiscipline/Route violation, Road Obstructions, Use of Phone while Driving, Overloading Violation, Seatbelt/Child restraint Use Violations, Passengers’ Manifest Violations, Mechanically Deficient Vehicles, Latching and Twist-Locks Violations.
The operation, which compliments the ongoing months of aggressive sensitization, will cover the broad areas of traffic control/decongestion, Public enlightenment, Enforcement, prompt response to crash victims, and route lining, among others.
To achieve the set goals, the FRSC boss noted that officers and men, including Special Marshals, have been deployed to the highways to ensure hitch-free movement as commuters travel from one destination to another.
" The directive also mandates the Commanding Officers to ensure effective collaboration with Military Units, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)". Adding that Directorate of State Services (DSS), NGO Ambulance Service Providers, National Network on Emergency Road Services (NNERS) and the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). he said
The Corps Marshal further stated that the operatives are to identify alternative routes to assist motorists during gridlocks and give notification of traffic-distressed areas for intervention. "
He however called on the motoring public to download the FRSC Mobile Application for real-time reporting and updates on traffic situations, utilise all FRSC social media handles such as
facebook.com//frscnigeria,Instagram.com//frscnigeria, twitter.com//frscnigeria, and in the case of emergency, call the 122 tolls free number as well as the National Traffic Radio live lines: 08052997848 and 09139600107 which are available means to reach FRSC to report Traffic situations anywhere in the Country. The public can also reach the situation room on 07054005754 and 07054005712
The 2024 Operation Zero Tolerance commenced on 15 December 2024 to span through to 15 January 2025.
The operation which is programmed to run in shifts as follows 0600hrs - 1400hrs, 1400HRS - 2000hrs, 2000hrs - 2200hrs, and Night Rescue teams on standby at all operational Commands is billed to cover the following critical corridors; Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Birnin Kebbi corridor, Katsina-Kano-Wudil-Dutse-Azare-Potiskum corridor, Kaduna-Saminaka-Jos corridor, Abuja-Kaduna-Kano corridor, Okene-Ogori-Isua-Owo corridor, Makurdi-Otukpo-Obollo Afor-9th Mile corridor, Asaba-Abraka-Ughelli-Warri corridor, Ibadan-Ogere-Sagamu corridor, Sagamu-Mowe-Lagos corridor, amongst others.
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