HONORABLE DAURA PLEDGES REQUISITE LEGISLATIONS ON ROAD SAFETY

Impressed by the level of investment on information and communication technology by the Federal Road Safety Corps, the House Committee Chairman on Road Safety, Hon. Nasiru Zango Daura has pledged his committee’s commitment towards requisite legislations on road safety matters.

Speaking after a routine tour of facilities at the national headquarter of the FRSC in company of other members of the House Committee on Road Safety, during an oversight visit, Hon. Daura commended the FRSC management for embracing information and communication technology in its operational and administrative activities which has no doubt, impacted positively on  last year’s status of road traffic crashes with a downward  slide in comparison with previous years.

According to the House Committee Chairman, “we are absolutely breathless with what we saw today in the FRSC which to a large extent, will provide the required boost for the Federal Government’s transformation agenda” he said.

In his response, the FRSC Corps Marshal and Chief Executive, Osita Chidoka presented the Corps’ 2011 fiscal budget performance which  according to him, witnessed a 99.62% performance in the face of N303,104,941.00 released  out of N448,533,941.00 appropriated to the Federal Road Safety Corps in last year’s budgetary allocation.

Continuing, the Corps Marshal stated that with the limited resources, the Corps had managed 42 Help Areas and 12  ambulance emergency centres, 224 field commands, 79 ambulances, 28 tow trucks and has remitted N1, 326 billion to the Federation account as  fines generated from enforcement of traffic rules and regulations.

He however stated that the Corps has drawn a definite road map towards achieving optimal service delivery  in ensuring safer road use in Nigeria.