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2025: FRSC Reiterates Commitment To Road Safety, Seeks Logistics Support
By Victor Falade
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday reiterated its commitment to ensuring road safety in 2025, appealing to the government, corporate bodies, and philanthropists for necessary logistics support.
The Assistant Corps Marshal in charge of Operations, Hyginus Omeje, disclosed this in Abeokuta during a strategic session with commanding officers in Ogun.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the session is part of the corps’ ongoing Operation Zero Tolerance patrol.
Omeje expressed optimism in the corps’ capacity to improve despite the daunting challenges.
He urged the motoring public to cooperate with FRSC, saying that road safety remained a shared responsibility.
He emphasised the importance of seamless traffic flow within the Ogun corridor.
Omeje engaged commanding officers and their heads of operations to evaluate challenges and share insights into the corps’ strategic goals for 2025.
“This interaction allows us to encourage our field officers, understand their challenges and communicate these issues to the national headquarters for actionable solutions,” he said.
Omeje highlighted several emerging operational challenges from field commands nationwide.
He, however, assured that the headquarters was working on practical solutions.
The road safety boss also shared a synopsis of the 2025 strategic goals, outlining initiatives tailored to enhance operations and achieve the corps’ core objectives.
He assured the Ogun command of his commitment to addressing the challenges raised.
In his submission, the Ogun Sector Commander, Mr Akinwunmi Fasakin, identified more personnel and patrol vehicles as the command’s critical needs.
“We are short of staff, especially along corridors like Ogere, Ogunmankin, Mowe and Sagamu,”
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PWA demands forensic audit of pipeline surveillance contract , says current contract monopolistic, violation of PIA
Cyril Ogar
A leading advocacy group in Nigeria under the aegis of People’s Wellbeing Association (PWA) has said that the current pipeline surveillance contract is a gross violation of the Petroleum Industrial Act (PIA), calling for a forensic audit of the contract from inception.
It should be recalled that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) awarded the pipeline surveillance contract to Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, led by Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), in August/September 2022.
The contract, valued at approximately ₦48 billion annually, aimed to curb oil theft in the Niger Delta.
The PWA’s Head of Communication Unit, Comrade Abba Abubakar said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday.
Abubakar who called for equitable distribution of the contract to host communities, said the present structure of the pipeline surveillance contract remained skewed, benefitting a few other than the major stakeholders.
“The current pipeline surveillance contract is a violation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) with regards to the effective participation of host communities in protecting oil facilities located in their domain.
“The present arrangement where the pipeline security was entrusted in the hands of a few companies violates section 257 of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), which states that host communities must be directly involved in protecting oil facilities located in their ancestral lands,” he said.
Abubakar who reiterated calls for forensic audit of the contract, said Pipeline protection should involve indigenous stakeholders from the ethnic nations and communities where these facilities are located.
According to him, the present structure reflects an unhealthy concentration of opportunity and influence, leaving many oil-producing ethnic nations with little or no meaningful participation.
He said that the monopolistic arrangement of the pipeline security framework has instead created rancour, resentment thereby undermining unity in the Niger Delta region.
Abubakar vehemently condemned the contract of exclusion, saying that any system that excludes many of the host communities from pipeline protection undermines fairness and regional stability.
The PWA Communication Unit Head regretted that the federal government made a huge financial commitment in the area of pipeline surveillance over the years, yet the nation’s crude output is minimal compared to what it used to be.
Abubakar however called for a forensic audit of the ₦4 billion monthly pipeline surveillance contract, due to brazen instances of economic exclusion and calls for better regional distribution.
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