Friday, October 11, 2024 - The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill to create a special armed squad for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Abiodun Derin Adesida and Rep.
Olaide Lateef Muhammed.
The bill seeks to amend the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Act,
2007 to provide for the establishment of FRSC Special Armed Squad.
It also seeks to make FRSC officers on the rank of Deputy Corp
Marshal enjoy benefits attached to the rank including retirement benefits as
well as empower the corps with the sole responsibility for road traffic
administration and safety management, preventing and minimising road traffic
crashes on public roads, supervision of users of such public roads and
regulation of traffic.
The bill also seeks to empower the FRSC with powers of clearing of
obstruction on any part of the public roads and for educating drivers,
motorists and other members of the public generally on the proper use of public
roads.
The bill was unanimously supported by the members after a voice
vote for its passage for second reading.
Similarly, the House also adopted a motion moved by Rep. Garba
Ibrahim Muhammad at the plenary on Thursday, which called on the FRSC to
utilise more technology in its operations.
The motion asked the FRSC to embrace technologically-assisted
enforcement such as Aautomatic Vehicle Local and Automated Traffic Enforcement
systems; Advanced analytics and data platforms amongst others.
It also urged the FRSC to evaluate the effectiveness of
enforcement strategies to ascertain whether technologically-assisted methods
reduced traffic violations and improved safety.
The House adopted the motion and referred it to the House
Committee on FRSC.
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