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New FRSC Boss Promises To Reduce Rate Of Road Accidents

The new  Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi has promised to reduce road accidents in the … Continue reading New FRSC Boss Promises To Reduce Rate Of Road Accidents


Boboye OyeyemiThe new  Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi has promised to reduce road accidents in the country by fifty percent by the year 2015.

Mr Oyeyemi said the commission has a huge responsibility to reduce road crashes and fatalities to two deaths per ten thousand crashes, in other to place Nigeria among the league of global twenty safest roads by the year 2020.

He also read the riot act on reckless driving, as tougher sanctions await reckless motorists across the country.

He said although it is too early to unveil his agenda for the Corps, he would work hard to build on the foundation already laid by his predecessor.

He said, “The foundation has been laid. We shall continue the transformation of the FRSC. We shall not fail Nigerians. “We already have a foundation that we will build on. We will improve on it. It is too early now. But we will do our best.”

Speaking further, Oyeyemi identified attitude of the Nigerian motoring public as the bane towards safer roads in the country and pledged that the FRSC will harness its potentials to ensure strict enforcement of traffic rules and regulations.

Addressing a parade later at the FRSC national headquarters in Abuja, the new Corps Marshal commended Dr. Goodluck Jonathan for the confidence he has with the FRSC to deliver its mandate by appointing a career officer from the Corps to succeed the former Corps Marshal, Osita Chidoka.

Boboye Oyeyemi, who joined the FRSC on 6th June 1988, was until his present appointment, the Deputy Corps Marshal, Motor Vehicle Administration and has served the FRSC in various capacities as Sector Commander, Zonal Commanding Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Operations (2009-2010), Assistant Corps Marshal, Training Standards and Certification (2008-2009), Assistant Corps Marshal Planning, Research and Statistics (2006-2008) and Deputy Corps Marshal Operations (2010-2014).

He is a member of several professional institutions such as Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals, Fellow, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, Member, American Society of Safety Engineers, Member, Institute of Road Safety Officers, London, Member, Royal Society for Prevention of Accident.

The new Corps Marshal hails from Odo-Owa, Oke Ero Local Governement Area of Kwara state.