Posted by Special marshals in the country have been instructed by Dauda Biu, Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, to eradicate road accidents in accordance with best worldwide practices.
On the margins of a one-day training for sectoral special marshals that took place on Wednesday in Osogbo, Biu offered the advise in the person of Corps Commander Shoba Akande.
Participants discussed “Volunteerism in Road Safety Management: Limits and Possibilities” as the workshop’s central theme.
The workshop, he said, will aid in achieving the FRSC 2023 corporate strategy goals through collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
These targets are meant to improve road safety partnerships in order to implement novel interventions and reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries by five percent.
In addition, “it will also improve capacity for data collection, analysis, and enhance safety policy formulation,” Biu stated.
As he put it, “the need to always review activities and also analyse the impact of the activities in reduction of road traffic accidents in Nigeria is paramount.”
Biu, therefore, claimed that the training would enrich the minds of all attendees and produce the desired results for Nigeria’s drivers.
Earlier, Meshach Jatau, the Zonal Commanding Officer for Osun, Oyo, and Ondo, urged special marshals to get ready to work with regular marshals to cut down on accidents as much as possible.
Jatau praised the corps marshal for his tireless work to improve traffic safety in the country.
He was confident that the information presented at the session would equip the attendees to do their duties as safety administrators.
The Zonal Commanding Officer stated that everyone has a role to play in ensuring everyone’s safety, not just the regular marshals.
The National Co-ordinator for Special Marshals, John Ugbebor, expressed gratitude to the corps for their help in his opening remarks.
Ugbebor, who was represented by Tunji Ajiboye, vowed that the marshals will be professional in their work.
He said that the session showed the company’s dedication to professionalism.
He claims that the special marshals’ work will be profoundly affected by the information and techniques they learn in the course.
Osun Sector Commander Henry Benamaisia has also vowed to direct the state’s 700-plus special marshals in the direction of fulfilling their mission.
Benamaisia has issued a plea for all parties involved in transportation and security to work together to eliminate accidents on the nation’s highways.