The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Malam Shehu Mohammed, has pledged to improve service delivery in 2025.
Mohammed made the pledge in his New Year message on Thursday in Abuja.
He commended the staff of the FRSC for their commitment to a safer road environment, leading to outstanding successes in 2024.
He said that the FRSC would build on the successes of 2024 to improve its services and make Nigerian roads safer.
The corps marshal assured that the FRSC would continue to prioritise the welfare and training of its personnel to enhance their productivity and service delivery.
“Management is committed to enunciating welfare policies that could boost their morals for sustained productivity and improved service delivery to the people,” he said.
Mohammed also emphasised the need for strategic partnership with stakeholders to tackle the menace of road traffic crashes in Nigeria.
He prayed for a more successful new year for all staff and Nigerians while enjoining everyone to be prepared for the tasks ahead by joining hands to tackle the menace of road traffic crashes with greater aggression in 2025.
The FRSC boss recalled some of the challenges encountered by the corps in the outgoing year, such as fatal crashes, the failure of some drivers to observe basic traffic rules and regulations, as well as violence against personnel in parts of the country.
He restated his commitment to addressing such challenges in the new year, adding that ignoring traffic rules and regulations and a penchant for militant behaviours towards the personnel of the corps would not be condoned in the new year.
“We have said it several times that road traffic crashes don’t just happen; they are caused and can be averted.
“That’s why we elevated our public enlightenment programmes this year to town hall meetings for conversation with cross sections of the people.
“We also strengthened the powers of the passengers to talk to drivers whenever they noticed something going wrong in any vehicles they are in.
“We have also enjoined our operatives to continue to show restraint in the face of provocations through our civil approach to the management of traffic,” the Corps Marshal said.
Mohammed expressed his management’s appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for his morale and logistics support for the FRSC.
The FRSC boss also recognised the supportive environment established by the president, which facilitated the achievements of the corps in the past year.
He however, appealed to the strategic stakeholders to continue to rally support for the FRSC, pointing out that road safety was a shared responsibility that no single organisation, individual, or government agencies could tackle effectively alone.
The corps marshal assures Nigerians of the commitment of the FRSC to greater vigilance on the nation’s highways and wishes all greater prosperity and safer motoring experiences in 2025.
NAN
