Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps
Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has directed road marshals to
be prepared for the enforcement of the speed limit device in the country.
Oyeyemi gave the
directive on Wednesday while addressing officers and men of the Kaduna Sector
Command.
He said that a Federal
High Court in its judgment last week granted the FRSC the mandate to enforce
the use of the speed limit device.
``As such, the legal
hurdle has been cleared; we had a public hearing and President Muhammadu Buhari
has given his approval for the enforcement of the speed device.
``We are just waiting for
the House of Representative’s report before we commence enforcement.
``We need to cut down the
speed of vehicles and any way we can do this should be a welcome development.
``We need to get it right
because losing the active group of our population is not acceptable,” Oyeyemi
said.
The corps marshal said
that 50 per cent of crashes in the country were speed related, adding that
President Buhari was worried about the situation.
He said that the
president had given FRSC all the support it needed to meet its mandate,
including provision of additional patrol vehicles, ambulances, administrative
and recovery vehicles to ease operations.
``The government has
shown its commitment, we must justify this trust by reducing road crashes,
which is our major mandate,’’ he said.
The corps marshal also
declared war on overloading and non usage of seat belts as part of efforts to
curb road crashes.
He urged all sector
commands across the country to step up enlightenment campaigns in motor parks,
mosques, churches and public gatherings against overloading, over speeding and
non usage of seat belts.
Oyeyemi said that motor
park campaigns should be carried out regularly to educate drivers on why they
must drive to stay alive and save lives.
He urged members of the
corps to shun all forms of corruption and continue to imbibe civil approach in
dealing with members of the public to get their support. (NAN)
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