Emir of Zuru, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Sami, (rtd), has commended the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for its initiatives and adoption of modern strategies in evolving safer road culture in Nigeria.
He praised the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, and his team for their efforts in sanitising roads.
The monarch promised continuous partnership of the emirate council with the FRSC to further sensitise road users on the needs to comply with traffic rules and regulations. He decried the unsafe practice of overloading of vehicles with animals and persons resulting in many cases of loss of many lives and property on the road. He also advised the FRSC not to relent in its enforcement activities.
The emir stated these while welcoming the FRSC Zonal Commander for Zone 10 in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, Assistant Corps Marshal Kayode Olagunju, to his palace.
The royal father also called for proper regulations of commercial motorcycles known locally as Okada in the efforts to curb crimes and enhance safety in our communities. He called for total ban of use of motorcycles across the borders to prevent infiltration of criminals and use of motorcycles for activities that threaten the security of our nation.
Earlier, the Zonal Commander, Kayode Olagunju, thanked the emir and the emirate council for the support and collaboration with the FRSC in the efforts to improve on road safety situation in the community. He appreciated traditional rulers for always lending their voices in encouraging their subjects to keep to the rules of the road. He informed that overloading is a major concern of the corps in the area.
Olagunju enjoined all vehicle owners, motorcycles inclusive, to properly register their vehicles and procure the new number plates. He admonished the operators to always put their vehicles in roadworthy conditions.
He disclosed that vehicles still carrying old number plates would be instantly impounded warning that all overloaded vehicles would also be seized in accordance with extant laws. He said he had directed that operators of such vehicles should also be prosecuted and that such operators stand the risks of fines and imprisonment.
The ZCO was accompanied to the emir’s palace by the Kebbi State Sector Commander, Corps Commander Aboyomi Asaniyan, Unit Commander Zuru Unit, Assistant Corps Commander Ibrahim Idris and all the heads of sister security agencies in the area.
