The Agbami Co-ventures, the Lagos State Capital Territory Development Agency (LSCTDA) and the Federal Road Safety Commission have embarked on partnership aimed at strengthening safety measures on Lagos roads. Speaking during the launch of the programme in Lagos, tagged: ‘Arrive Alive Road Safety Programme’, the Director, Star Deepwater Petroleum limited, Mr. Jeffrey Ewing said the initiative, which was pioneered by […]
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STAKEHOLDERS, FRSC PARTNER TO REDUCE CARNAGE ON BENIN-ASABA HIGHWAY
In a bid to reduce the high rate of motor accidents along the Benin-Asaba Expressway and the Delta State capital territory corridor, the Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency (DSCTDA), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and an NGO, Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE) have launched the ‘Capital Territory Corridor Speed Limit Initiative’, which aims at campaigning to reduce speed limit […]
Continue reading »FRSC SETS UP SPECIAL INTERVENTION PATROL FOR OKENE-LOKOJA-GEGU ROAD
On Tuesday, the Zonal Commanding Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Zone RS8SQ, Assistant Corps Marshal John Meheux inaugurated the Special Intervention Patrol along the Okene-Zariagi-Lokoja-Koton Karfe-Gegu corridor to arrest the increasing rate of fatal road accidents. This corridor serves as gateway to about 26 states of the Federation and shares boundaries with the Federal Capital Territory.
Continue reading »HOUSE OF REP COMMITTEE OKAYS FRSC’S SPEED LIMITERS
The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Safety Commission has endorsed the move by the Federal Road Safety Corps to introduce speed limiting devices on vehicles in the country as part of measures to curb road crashes. In a report of the committee made available in Abuja on Monday, it stated that the FRSC acted within the powers conferred […]
Continue reading »FRSC COMMISSIONS 283 NEW PATROL CARS, AMBULANCES AND TOW TRUCKS
In its renewed determination to create a safer motoring environment across the country, the Federal Road Safety Corps today formally unveiled 283 vehicles comprising operational vehicles, ambulances and a heavy duty tow truck at the Peace Park, International Conference Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The formal commissioning which had in attendance the Honourable Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. […]
Continue reading »HOW IMPROVED TRANSPORT SECTOR CAN ACCELERATE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT – BOBOYE OYEYEMI
Nigeria’s economic development goals may remain a mirage if planned efforts are not stepped up to drastically tackle infrastructure gap in the transport sector, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi has said. Given its multiplier effects, Oyeyemi said that transportation deserves special treatment in order to enhance the attainment of national development in the country.
Continue reading »FRSC TO CONFISCATE VEHICLES WITH EXPIRED, SUBSTANDARD TYRES
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) will from Tuesday May 10, confiscate and prosecute vehicle owners with substandard and expired types plying the highways across the nation. This was according to the Corp Marshall of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, who disclosed this at a Stakeholders’ Forum on Tyres tagged “Promoting Safe Tyre Use in Nigeria’’ in Abuja.
Continue reading »SPEED LIMITER CAMPAIGN: FRSC COMMISSIONS PMT’S 300 HUMMER BUSES WITH FACTORY FITTED SPEED LIMITER
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) campaign for the use of speed limiting device in vehicles operating in the country got a hike as the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi commissioned 300 factory fitted Hummer Buses with the devices into the fleet of the Peace Mass Transport (PMT) Limited. Oyeyemi reaffirmed the commitment of the FRSC to pursuit […]
Continue reading »FRSC INDUCTS 126 ROAD MARSHALS
The Federal Road Safety Corps RS.9.4 Owerri, Imo State has inducted 126 road marshals out of 350 candidates that applied for voluntary jobs. Speaking at the ceremony held at Sector Command in Owerri, the Sector Commander, Mr. Peter Kibo, noted that the inducted road marshals were carefully selected to complement the efforts of regular marshals, stressing that they were selected […]
Continue reading »FRSC SET TO CONVENE STAKEHOLDERS’ FORUM ON TYRES
Following series of road crashes in Nigeria resulting from tyre blow-outs, the Federal Road Safety Corps is organising a Stakeholders’ forum where issues relating to the use and safety of tyres will be discussed. The FRSC’ Head of Media Relations and Strategy, Bisi Kazeem, in a statement said the summit is aimed at re-educating Nigerians on the general knowledge of […]
Continue reading »APRIL 1 2016 SET BY FRSC AS COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SPEED LIMITERS
Federal Road Safety Corps has announced that it was not going back on its plan to commence the enforcement of the installation of speed limiting device by commercial and haulage vehicles operators in Nigeria from April 1. Sector Commander of the FRSC, Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Sunday Oghenekaro, who made this known while speaking to newsmen in Abuja, urged commercial […]
Continue reading »UNCLAIMED DRIVERS’ LICENCES STANDS AT 46,404 – LASG
The Lagos State Government Wednesday disclosed that about 46,404 drivers’ licences was left unclaimed in the state, thereby calling on applicants who had been captured to come for the collection of their licences. The State Government also warned against the use of touts in the processing of driver’s licence, noting that it had introduced the cashless operational policy to fast-track […]
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