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Nigerian Senate move to stop FRSC’s sale of speed limit device

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The Senate yesterday began moves to stop the sale of speed limit devices to vehicle owners by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).

Consequently, it mandated its committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, to look into the matter, to ensure that it did not add to the hardship currently being experienced by Nigerians and report back to it.

This is sequel to a point of order raised by Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West).

Melaye said the introduction of the policy would further make life difficult for Nigerians who are already having a hard time coping with the impact of the present recessed economy.

Worried by the brewing crisis in the Niger Delta, the Senate also resolved to launch a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances leading to the funding constraints of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

It equally asked the Finance Ministry to release the balance of N15 billion left in the 2016 budget for the programme.

Adopting a motion sponsored by Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, the Upper Legislative Chamber equally mandated its Niger Delta committee to investigate the alleged swapping of names in the list of beneficiaries.

Also yesterday, the Senate received the report of the Joint Committees on Petroleum Upstream, Downstream and Gas on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, 2017.

Among the key aspects of the Bill is the unbundling the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to create a window for further development in the petroleum industry.

The report was presented three months behind the January deadline given by Senate President Bukola Saraki.

 

Source: The Guardian

Police, SSS, Army to join in enforcement of speed-limiters — FRSC

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The Federal Road Safety Commission on Wednesday said all was set for the whole scale enforcement of speed limiting device in commercial vehicles across Nigeria.

FRSC spokesman, Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement Tuesday that the commission will go ahead with the February 1 deadline for all commercial vehicles to be equipped with speed-limiting devices.

Mr. Kazeem’s statement said “the army, police, civil defence, Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies were on standby to provide security support.”

Similarly, all sector and field commands of the FRSC had been fully mobilised for the exercise, Mr. Kazeem said.

He stated that mobile courts had been set up nationwide for the purpose, adding that defaulters could pay up to N3,000 as penalty depending on the discretion of the courts.

“In readiness for the full enforce tomorrow, the field commands have been fully mobilised to commence full blast enforcement of the SLD nationwide.

“To facilitate enforcement, a portal of speed limiting device (SLD) was created and is operational and a short code to confirm the installation of SLD is active.

“A standard operating procedure (SOP) has been dispatched with a directive that copies of those SOP be shared to security agencies within the commands’ areas of jurisdiction.

“A template for daily report has also be designed and forwarded to commands, while booking sheets with Failure to Install Speed Limiting Device (FSLD) have been distributed to field commands,’’ he said.

For effectiveness, the spokesman added that sector commanders had been instructed to carry out joint patrols with unit commands in the whole of February.

According to him, commands are expected to hold mobile court sittings from the onset, and where mobile courts are likely to slow down enforcement they can proceed without them.

“We have created a situation room to monitor and collate report on daily basis and test-run for the clampdown.

“Sector commands are fully prepared and have made arrangements for security backups and joint patrols with the police, civil defence, army and other security agencies,’’ he said.

The FRSC had deferred the deadlines for the speed-limiters requirement three times between 2015 and 2016.

The commission said the new policy will help curb incessant road crashes in the country while improving traveling experience of motorists.

 

Source: Premium Times

Full Enforcement Of Speed Limiters Begins February 1 – Oyeyemi

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Sunday said that violation of speed limiting devices would start attracting fines from February 1, 2017 according to Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal.

 

Oyeyemi said that the commission had commenced advisory enforcement to the road users since October 1, and about 131,000 road users have been enlightened on the importance of the device.

 

“The speed limiter is on course; by February 1, 2017, the full enforcement and implementation will commence. We commenced advisory enforcement some months back.

 

“So far, about 131,000 people have been given citation and enlightenment. We are on course because speed limit device is the solution; we will lead them to ensure they are safe and also prevent them from crashes,’’ FRSC boss said.

Oyeyemi said many drivers had yet to comply with the directive on speed limiters, and warned that violation would soon start attracting fines.

 

He urged commercial vehicle operators and all road users to comply with the guidelines the FRSC put in place for their safety and that of their passengers.

 

The FRSC boss said that the commission had put in place measures to eliminate gridlock and make the roads safer during the Yuletide and New Year celebration.

 

Oyeyemi said that government had provided enough logistics to help officers in performing their duties effectively.

 

“Government has provided enough logistics in terms vehicles and ambulance to ensure effectiveness while performing our duties.

 

“That is why I am moving around to see the level of preparedness of our personnel and cheer them up to work effectively as the festive period approaches,’’ he said.

 

Oyeyemi advised motorists to drive safely and take necessary precaution as road construction continues along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Speed Limiter: 2,800 Commercial Vehicles Get Takeoff Tickets

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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) yesterday, said about 2,800 commercial vehicles had been issued with tickets, as the implementation of  the speed limiter device kicked-off.

The head, media relations and strategy, FRSC,  Bisi Kazeem, expressed satisfaction in the exercise, noting that  the  enforcement was not to inflict pains on motorists and road users,  but for commercial vehicle owners to voluntarily imbibe the culture of its usage and key into it.

He noted that the advisory enforcement is a sort of subtle force that entails stopping commercial vehicles, verifying electronically whether the devise is fixed and giving citation to offenders for corrective purposes and that the exercise is also known as free safety checks.

Kazeem also noted that in the coming days, the leadership of the organised transport unions such as NURTW, NUPENG PTD, NARTO, RTEAN LUBOAN would  be involved in the advisory enforcement by joining the FRSC’s top officers to patrol.

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FRSC to Enlighten Motorists on Speed Limiting Device

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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said it would organise stakeholders’ sensitisation campaign on the importance of Speed Limiting Device to motorists and other road users in Jigawa.

The Spokesman of the FRSC Command in the state, Mr. Ado Adamu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Dutse.

Adamu said that a team of senior officers from the corps’ headquarters would conduct the exercise on Sept. 8 in Dutse.

He explained that the team would be led by Mr. Ahmed Hassan, the Deputy Corps Marshal, Department of Special Duties and Partnership.

“The Deputy Corps Marshal, Department of Special Duties and Partnership, FRSC national headquarters, will be leading a team of senior officers of the corps to Dutse.

“The team will enlighten motorists and other road users on the importance of speed limiting device on Sept. 8.”

The spokesman, therefore, urged the public and other relevant stakeholders like the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) to attend.