- The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) promotes 1,925 personnel to new ranks
- Assistant Corps Marshal Abubakar Ringim the Zonal Commanding Officer of the FRSC was promoted to the rank of the Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM)
- The officers promoted include 33 Chief Route Commanders, 34 Superintendent Route Commanders, 93 Route Commanders, and 137 Deputy Route Commanders
Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has approved the promotion of the Zonal Commanding Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Charge of Zone RS3HQ, Assistant Corps Marshal Abubakar Ringim to the rank of the Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM).
The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, in a statement on Saturday, December 30, said Mustapha also approved the promotion of 298 officers.
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The officers promoted include 33 Chief Route Commanders, 34 Superintendent Route Commanders, 93 Route Commanders, and 137 Deputy Route Commanders.
In a similar development, the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi also approved the promotion of 685 Marshal Inspectors, and 942 Road Marshal Assistants.
According to Mr. Kazeem, the Marshal Inspectors promoted include 57 Deputy Marshal Inspectors, 71 Assistant Marshal Inspectors, 54 Principal Marshal Inspectors, 234 Senior Marshal Inspectors, 207 Marshal Inspectors I, and 62 Marshal Inspector II.
The Marshal Assistants promoted include 45 Deputy Chief Road Marshal Assistants, 81 Senior Road Marshal Assistants, 146 Road Marshal Assistants I, and 670 Road Marshal Assistants II.
According to the FRSC spokesperson, Oyeyemi commended the newly promoted Officers and Marshals of the Corps, numbering 1,925, and encouraged them to put in their bests in the course of their duties as they assume higher responsibilities in their career.
Oyeyemi also assured the newly promoted personnel of more opportunities in the nearest future and urged them to be of good character.
The corps marshal therefore, admonished them to put in a great effort to achieve the mandate of the Corps which was aimed at reducing road crashes by 15 percent and fatality by 25 percent yearly.
In a previous report by NAIJ.com, the corps marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, says plans are underway to compel traffic offenders to pay one hundred thousand naira as penalty for a traffic offence, NAN reports.
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Oyeyemi said this in an interview on the sideline of the Technical Working Group on Nigeria Road Safety Strategy on Wednesday, December 20, in Abuja.
He stated: “You cannot arrest somebody for using a phone while driving and he pays four thousand naira as penalty. And almost immediately, he goes back to commit same offence."
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Saturday, 30 December 2017