With the ongoing massive construction of new roads and rehabilitation of existing ones across the country, the Acting Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu, has engaged the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) on the need to tackle reckless driving and violation of legal speed limits by commuters.
This research-based collaboration is to, among other things, understudy the effects of excessive speed and recklessness on newly-constructed roads, so as to educate drivers on the best road use culture.
According to the Corps’ Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, an
Assistant Corps Marshal, in a statement on Friday, October 21, 2022,
the need for the collaboration came to the fore during a visit of the Director General of the Research Institute, Professor Samson Duna, to the national headquarters of the FRSC on Wednesday, October 19.
According to the Acting Corps Marshal, who applauded the Federal Government for massive road infrastructure across the country, the benefits of good roads to transporters could not be over-emphasised.
He noted that among other benefits, good roads reduce road crashes, engender smooth movement of goods and services, elongate the life of vehicles and increase the aesthetics of the environment.
Stating the areas of existing collaborations, including the establishment of Nigeria Road Assessment Programme, fashioned in tandem with International Road Assessment Programme IRAP, the Ag. Corps Marshal revealed that the establishment Act of the Corps mandates it to prevent and minimise road crashes; and in the discharge of its duties, the Corps collaborates with relevant partners.
Responding, the visiting Director General commended the Corps for the giant strides it had achieved in creating a safer motoring environment in the country.
He added firmed the readiness of the Institute to partner with the FRSC in the identified area.
According to him, “the level of deployment of technology in the work process by the Corps is highly commendable, and I believe that given more technological support, the Federal Road Safety Corps will achieve better results in reducing crashes and fatalities on our roads.”
