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FRSC Adopts New Strategies For Campaign Against Road Traffic Crashes Nationwide….Spokesperson
Concerned about the loss of steam and relevance of the motor park rally style of reaching out to drivers and members of the public in its campaign for safer road environment, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has changed to the Town Hall meetings and press conferences as the alternative campaign strategies while not totally negating motor park rallies.
This was contained in a press statement imade available to news men in Abuja by the Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Olusegun Ogungbemide
According to him, “;over the years, the Federal Road Safety Corps had always relied on the motor park rally method of public enlightenment programs by which drivers and travellers are gathered at the parks where road safety education and enlightenment issues are shared to them through interactive sessions with the participants.
” But with increasing cases of lawlessness being displayed by drivers, mostly commercial and the fatalities recorded from road traffic crashes, the Corps has since discovered the impotence of such method where the main target Audience are not readily available at the time of the rally.
” Consequently, a new method has to be worked out in alignment with developments in communication systems. While shedding more light on the new method, the FRSC Education Officer disclosed that in his commitment to eradicating pervasive cases of road traffic crashes being recorded across the country, the Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed approved the use of town hall meetings, on transit campaign and press conferences as the most suitable means of communicating road safety messages to the target groups which every command has been directed to adopt henceforth.
” The Corps Marshal in his diligent commitment to finding solutions through appropriate means of reaching out to the public especially the drivers and Commuters in passing road safety messages saw the need to review our old engagement system with the public through a more effective communication system.
“That was what gave birth to the ideas of town hall meetings and press conferences, which the National Headquarters of the Corps and field commands would henceforth be committed to utilizing including the yearly ember months special enlightenment programs,” Ogungbemide added.
The Corps Public Education Officer further stressed that in giving effect to the new method, the usual flag off of the end year special road safety campaign for this year will be different.
He therefore called on members of the public to embrace the new campaign method, emphasizing the need for the public to take ownership of the campaign for safer road environment through massive participation of everyone especially the Commuters that are most vulnerable in case of crashes.
According to him, “while the Commanding Officers and public education officers in the field commands would constantly brief the public through engagement with various stakeholders in town hall fashion and press conferences for wider and and effectivebroadcast, Mosques, Churches and other sociocultural settings would become the new platform for engaging with the participants.
“This aligns with the global focus on the menace of road traffic crashes which requires that every community, mosque, churches and schools actively participate in programs that could create public consciousness on road safety matters with a view to averting the huge social and economic loses which road traffic crashes cause to humanity,” Ogungbemide further stressed.
It would be recalled that as the lead agency in road traffic management and safety administration, the FRSC is charged with the responsibility of averting road carnage using all clinical and enforcement strategies to create safer road environments.
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Minister of State Petroleum join forces with FRSC on Road Safety Campaign
Joel Ajayi
In what seems to be another milestone in inter-agency collaboration, the Federal Road Safety Corps and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Oil) have reached a compromise to begin a robust partnership, geared towards intensifying existing efforts embedded in the campaign for safer roads in Nigeria.
The partnership was birthed during the visit of the Corps Marshal FRSC, Shehu Mohammed, to the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri in his office on Monday 14 October 2024.
In the course of the conversation that ensued, the Honourable Minister assured the Corps Marshal of his ministry’s readiness to partner with the Corps in the campaign for safer roads in Nigeria.
While congratulating the Corps Marshal on his well deserved appointment, the Minister expressed optimism that with the inauguration of the National Road Safety Advisory Council (NRSS), by the Vice President last week, stakeholders would work harmoniously to ensure safety on the nation’s highways. He commended the FRSC for its commitment to road safety as evidenced by the successes recorded in the areas of Road Transport Safety Standardization Scheme, Drivers certification and other public enlightenment programs that have led to drastic reduction in the rate of road traffic crashes.
The Minister however, expressed concerns with frequent cases of crashes involving petroleum tankers some of which resulted in fire incidents with great loses to lives and property. He further stressed that even as the Ministry would have preferred that the use of pipelines as veritable means of transporting the petroleum products, the current hazards as well as the cost implications involved in replacing the pipes have made that impracticable at the moment. He therefore solicited the support of the FRSC to properly streamline the activities of drivers at the depots with a view to ensuring that only tankers that meet the minimum safety standards load the petroleum products from such facilities.
The Minister expressed the willingness of the Ministry to support the FRSC with logistics and training to enhance the capacity and efficiency of its personnel in road traffic management.
Earlier in his remarks, the Corps Marshal commended the Minister for the positive reforms being embarked upon in petroleum industry in Nigeria by the current leadership. He noted the existing peace and harmony in the Niger Delta areas and requested for collaboration for sustained peace and development in the oil industry.
The Corps disclosed that as part of the FRSC’s commitment to safety in movement of petroleum products, personnel of the Corps are being deployed to major depots across the country to ensure compliance to safety rules and regulations with particular reference with the policy on safe to load. He requested the Minister to assist the Corps with some logistics including patrol vehicles and ambulance for enhanced road surveillance and prompt response to distress calls.
The meeting which had in attendance some Directors of the Ministry of petroleum also has some principal officers of the FRSC in attendance with both sides agreeing on the need to sustain the partnership for safety on the nation’s highways and stability in the transportation of the petroleum products.
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