By NAN 23 December 2023 | 8:14 am The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command said on Saturday that it deployed 1,144 personnel across the state to ensure free movement during and after the yuletide season. FRSC gears up for Yuletide season. Photo:DailyTrust The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command said on Saturday that it deployed 1,144 personnel across the state to ensure free movement during and after the yuletide season. Mr Ezekiel SonAllah, Sector Commander of FRSC disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). SonAllah explained that 588 regular and 556 special marshals have been deployed to minimise the road crashes during the yuletide period. According to the sector commander, FRSC is working closely with the private sector through a public-private partnership to ensure quick recovery of vehicles that may break down on the highways to prevent road mishaps. He added that the corps has deployed it’s personnel to accident prone areas. He told NAN that the command is working in close collaboration with other security agencies and transport unions to ensure that no crashes are recorded during the period under review. SonAllah, therefore, called on drivers and the general public to obey traffic rules and regulations to prevent accidents, saying “only the living can celebrate.” “It’s mandatory for commercial drivers to install speed limit devices in their vehicles. “We will arrest any commercial driver found driving without speed limiters mounted on their vehicles because life has no duplicate “So, I implore all road users to be safety conscious at all times while using the highways “Moreover, road safety is everybody’s business. All hands must be on deck for us to ensure that there are no accidents on our roads,” he said. 18 mins ago The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kaduna State Command , says its operatives have arrested 103 suspects and seized 1,458. 709Kg of illicit drug in the state. 1 hour ago The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command said on Saturday that it deployed 1,144 personnel across the state to ensure free movement during and after the yuletide season. 2 hours ago President Bola Tinubu says he will continue to count on support of Nigerians who voted for him and those who did not. 2 hours ago The nation’s correctional centres have 3,413 inmates on death row, according to Mr Abubakar Umar, spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS).Umar told newsmen on Friday in Abuja that the total number of inmates in centres across the country is 77,849 comprising 76,081 males and 1,768 females “as at Monday, December 18, 2023 2 hours ago Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has lauded the Nigerian Army for maintaining it’s West African Social Activities (WASA) which brings together officers, soldiers and their families to celebrate and socialise. 3 hours ago Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa has approved the appointment of Prof Muhammad Ibrahim-Yakasai as the new Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa (SLU). 3 hours ago The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted the restriction on crypto assets and urged banks to disregard the initial ban on cryptocurrency transactions. CBN’s Director of Financial Policy and Regulation Department, Haruna Mustafa in a circular said current trends globally have shown the need for crypto regulation. “The CBN, in February 2021 issued a… 5 hours ago There is confusion within the road transport sector over the Federal Government’s announcement of 50 per cent reduction in transportation fares along 22 inter-state routes during this Yuletide season. 5 hours ago Thousands of residents of Rivers State yesterday staged the ‘mother of all protests’ in rejection of the eight-point peace resolution signed by the state Governor, Siminilayi Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike… 5 hours ago Basking in the euphoria of the Supreme Court verdict upholding his election in the March 18, 2023 Governorship Poll, Enugu Governor, Peter Mbah, yesterday, said that distractions were over, vowing to redouble his efforts in the delivery of his mandate to make Enugu State better.
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