The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has set up more than 200 mobile courts to prosecute traffic offenders during the Easter special patrol operations across the Nation.
This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, by Mr Bisi Kazeem, the corps Public Education Officer.
Kazeem said that the mobile courts were set up towards ensuring a safe and smooth 2023 Easter celebrations.
He quoted the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu, as urging the Commanding Officers to ensure full deployment of staff for maximum visibility.
Biu also urged them to ensure prompt removal of obstructions and ease of movement on all highways across the country.
This, he said, was in line with the operational guidelines of the 2023 special patrol scheduled to commence from April 6 to April 12.
According to him, the objectives of the special operations were, reducing road traffic crashes, road traffic fatalities and road traffic Injuries.
“It also includes prompt response to road traffic crash victims, unhindered engagement in purposeful public education and enlightenment and speedy removal of obstructions from the highways, among others.
“The corps would carry out aggressive enforcement including conducting over 200 mobile court operations, with the aim of checking various offences.
“Speeding and dangerous driving/overtaking, lane indiscipline/route violation, road obstructions, use of phone while driving, overloading would be thoroughly checked.
“Seatbelt/child restraint use violations, passenger’s manifest violation, operation of mechanical deficient and rickety vehicles, Latching and twist-locks violation, Illegal use of the Spy number plates would also be looked into,” he said.
The Corps Marshal assured members of the public that in achieving the objectives of the special operations, the corps would combine the engagement of the motoring public
This, he said, would be through purposeful and impactful public education programmes, as well as strengthening of surveillance activities.
He said this would be to regulate unprofessional excesses, sustained effective patrol operations as well as adequate monitoring on the highways. (NAN)
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