The Federal Road Safety Corps and the Anambra State Government have agreed to work together to ensure maximum safety on the road. This follows a recent fuel tanker accident that in the state that claimed several lives and valuable property.

This was the outcome of a visit by the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, to the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano, in Awka, during the special Sallah patrol.

A statement by the FRSC said the corps marshal had earlier monitored traffic situations and visited some commands in some crash and congestion prone areas in the North West zone of the country before taking the patrol to the South East.

Briefing the governor on the traffic situation in the state during the Sallah celebration, Oyeyemi expressed satisfaction with level of compliance with traffic rules and regulations by motorists.

“So far, I am satisfied with the traffic situation in all the places I have monitored. And from the reports I received across the country, there is no cause for alarm,” he said.

According to Oyeyemi, Anambra State has assumed a central focus in the ongoing campaigns for tanker safety in the country, being the state where the first petroleum tanker crash with devastating result occurred in the year.

He added that having consulted with the relevant stakeholders through various forums and initiated plans to avert future occurrence, there was the need to share experience with the governor on the matter in order to ensure a collective action.

He commended Governor Obiano for his support for road safety management in the state, stressing that the setting up of the State Traffic Management Agency by Anambra State Government, provision of logistics for the FRSC in the state as well as the construction and rehabilitation of roads were evidences of his commitment to road safety.

He called the governor to sustain the initiatives being put in place by the FRSC towards addressing the challenges of tanker safety after the last crash in the state.

After a careful review of the traffic situation in the state, the two leaders agreed on the need to join hands to ensure a prompt removal of obstruction on any part of the roads in the state.

They also condemned the practice of illegally setting up markets along major road and junctions in the state, constituting dangers to not only the people operating in such markets, but the motorists.

In order to adequately tackle the chaotic traffic situation along Upper Iweka area situated within the Onitsha metropolis, it was further resolved that a special operation unit be set up in the area, while the general operational strategy of the FRSC in the state would change to strict enforcement of traffic rules.

Meanwhile, the Imo State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Dr. Godwin Omiko, has said that promotions in the corps are always done on merit.

Omiko made this remark in Owerri, the state capital, while decorating 11 newly promoted deputy route commanders and six senior marshal inspectors.

He explained that beneficiaries of the exercise were promoted after going through the processes of qualification for promotion as established in the law guiding the corps.

The corps commander listed waiting period, annual performance evaluation report score, physical fitness, computer-based examination, quarterly continuous assessment and discipline (conduct) as some of the criteria used in the assessment of officers for promotion.

He told officers and men of the FRSC that the corps attached much importance to discipline and conduct of its officers, saying, “Any case centering on discipline (conduct) must affect the file and the promotion of the particular erring officer.”

Omiko further advised them to be outstanding and diligent in their duty and work towards uplifting the image of the corps.

According to the state sector commander, “To whom much is given, much is expected”.

“Your mates in the military and police command a lot of respect. They are seen as no small officers. This is only because of the way they comport and conduct themselves,” Omiko added.

He, however, warned that any errant officer would be demoted and that it could take the officer years to measure up with his mates.

 

Source: Punchng.com

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