The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commenced massive mobilisation of its personnel for the Sallah special patrol aimed at ensuring safer road environment during the festive period and beyond.
Muslim faithful will on Sunday mark the Eid-el-Kabir.
FRSC spokesman, Bisi Kazeem, in a statement on Tuesday said 35,000 personnel, 736 patrol vehicles, 120 ambulances, 25 tow truck and 204 bikes would be on the road during the special operation that would commence from 9th to 16th August.
Mr Kazeem said the special patrol operation has become necessary following the corps’ commitment to its 2019 Corporate Strategic Goals of reducing Road Traffic crashes (RTC) by 20 per cent and fatality by 25 per cent.
“The mission of the special operation is to ensure free flow of traffic, provide prompt rescue services and timely clearance of obstructions on all major roads and critical corridors across the country before, during and after the festive period as well as minimizing the occurrence of road traffic crashes on the nation’s highways through effective patrol operations and sustained public enlightenment campaigns,” he said.
To ensure the effectiveness of the operations, Kazeem revealed that the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, directed commanding officers operating across various formations nationwide to ensure that the 52 corridors are properly manned throughout the period of the operations.
He, however, appealed to motorists to obey all traffic rules and regulations and cooperate fully with the FRSC and other law enforcement agencies that would be deployed for traffic management duties, saying Mobile Courts would be in session across the country for prompt dispensation of justice to recalcitrant traffic violators.
The spokesman said that among the 52 corridors to be covered are: Akwanga-Lafiya-Makurdi; Jos-Bauchi-Gombe; Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Birnin Kebbi corridor; Katsina-Kano-Wudil-Dutse-Azare-Potiskum corridor; and Kaduna-Saminaka-Jos corridor.
Others are Abuja-Kaduna-Kano corridor, Okene-Ogori-Isua-Owo corridor; Makurdi-Otukpo-Obollo Afor-9th Mile corridor; Asaba-Abraka-Ughelli-Warri corridor; Ibadan-Ogere-Sagamu corridor; Sagamu-Mowe-Lagos corridor, among others.
