FRSC Solicits World Bank Support in Achieving Corporate Strategic Goals

The Federal Road Safety Commission FRSC has solicited the Support of the GLobal Financial Institution in enhancing operational Activities through Capacity Building on Data Management for its newly established local Government Station Officers, Paramedics and fleet renewal to aid the corps in realising its corporate mandate.

A statement by the Corps Public Education Officer Bisi kazeem says the Corps Marshal Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi

stated this at a virtual meeting of the world bank annual brief on road safety improvement in Nigeria.

At the meeting which had world bank transport lead, Dr. Soasemos Job, World bank Road Safety Specialist, Ak Farhad and Consultant World Bank Nigeria CHukwudi Ikejiani among others participating, Dr. Oyeyemi noted that the briefing afforded a platform to review the preceding year taking into cognizance how the corps has been able to align with global expectations. highlighting achievements in road safety and challenges encountered in the operational year under consideration, he said the corps as one of the frontline agencies in combating COVID-19 restrategised its operational tactics by engaging both stakeholders and the motoring public through aggressive sensitization and enlightenment campaigns on the virus and succeeded in saving lives on the road by

enforcing directives of the Presidential Task Force on COVID- 19.

he listed adoption of Nigeria Road Safety Strategy, Assessment of the country’s achievement relative to the decade of action for road safety, fight against COVID-19 pandemic, consolidation of the safe – to- load programme among others as achievements recorded by the corps.