REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM

CORPS MARSHAL TOLD SPECIAL MARSHALS

The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osita Chidoka has enjoined special Marshals in the country to remain committed to the spirit of volunteerism as enshrined in the Special Marshals Manual.

He gave the advise while making remarks at the ceremony marking the induction of members of the management unit of Special Marshals in Manufacturers’ Delivery Services (MDS), Abuja.

Chidoka expressed satisfaction with the contributions being made by Special Marshals in the country to the success of the Corps’ campaigns against road traffic crashes but observed that “the Special Marshals’ regalia would no longer be permanent to anyone and only those who were committed to the ideals of volunteerism would retain it”.

“We will embark on regular monitoring of the activities of the units and individuals’ participation to determine those that would remain in the service. Anyone found to have undermined the ideals of the service will not be spared”, he said.

The Corps Marshal also enumerated the different steps being taken by his management to reposition the Corps and make it “one of the high performing government agencies in the country”. He give assurances that the Corps would acquire ISO 19001 certification before the end of the year, stressing that reforms in the licensing system and Driving School Standardization Program (DSSP) have made it mandatory for driving schools in the country to be the sole sponsors of fresh applicants for driver’s licence while 243 of them have been certified to train drivers.

“Towards this, 243 driving schools have been certified nationwide to produce intending drivers and our policies of Road Transport Safety Standardization Scheme (RTSSS) make it mandatory for all commercial vehicle drivers to undergo five hours simulator training annually and pass alcohol testing to retain their driver’s licences” he further stated.

The outgoing Chief Executive of the company who was one of the inducted members, Mr Hakeem Ogunniran while responding on behalf of others, thanked the Corps Marshal for his commitment to the reform in the Corps and pledged the willingness of the company in partnering with it in the area of public enlightenment.