SGF decorates Corps Marshal Biu, says FG employs 8,000 personnel, buys 958 vehicles for FRSC

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has decorated the new FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu, with his new rank.

Mustapha did this in Abuja on Tuesday, where he disclosed that the Federal Government had employed 8,000 personnel into the FRSC and trained them to boost the operation of the organisation nationwide.

He added that 958 vehicles were procured and injected into the patrol, rescue and other operations of the FRSC.

He said the injection of the personnel and vehicles into the system was part of the support that the FRSC received since the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in 2015.

Mustapha said the interventions were targeted at reducing the high rate of carnage on the nation’s roads.

According to him, the support includes assenting of the six United Nations (UN) conventions and agreements on road traffic.

The SGF listed some of the interventions as “building and inauguration of world-class auditorium, ICT hall and ultra-modern medical centre at the FRSC Academy in Udi, Enugu State;

“Building and inauguration of administrative block, hostels for cadets of the academy and junior officers of FRSC Staff College at FRSC Academy in Udi, Enugu State; and

“The approval of the Nigeria Road Safety Strategy Documents I and II to deepen road safety administration and encourage inclusiveness.”

Mustapha said the corps was also able to expand the scope of its national driver’s licence production plant with the building of new print farm in Lagos.

According to him, this is in addition to a new training school for road marshal assistants at Shendam in Plateau State.

“Also, the establishment of Marshal Assistant Training School in Awo Alero through effective collaboration with Delta State government;

“The workforce was also increased through recruitment and training of over 8,000 personnel; and

“On the operational front, a total of 958 vehicles were injected into the corps and a total of 16 new sector commands were built to boost staff welfare and comfort in the work place,” he said.

The SGF urged FRSC officers and men to consolidate on the successes made so far in achieving the mandate of road traffic crashes eradication in the country.