The 1st Federal Road Safety Corps Celebrity Special Marshals Annual Lecture will hold at Renaissance Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos on November 10, 2017, starting from 11am.
The lecture, with the theme: “Ember Months, The Rush, The Myth And Subsequent Effect,” will be delivered by the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dr, Boboye Oyeyemi, alongside other eminent keynote speakers
This was disclosed in a joint press release signed by Chris Kehinde Nwandu (Coordinator), Segun Arinze (Lagos Unit Coordinator) and Ogee Onazi (FCT Unit Coordinator).
The FRSC Celebrity Special Marshal Unit was established in 2001 to assist the FRSC in propagating the gospel of safe driving among Nigerians, educate and enlighten, as well as to act as ambassadors of road safety as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility to the society.
The marshals also as part of their mandate embark on public campaigns at motor parks, high net worth areas and major roads.
They also propagate the culture of safe driving via radio, television and other promotional programmes.
The Celebrity Marshals also engage in raising funds to assist the FRSC procure working tools for its various activities.
Membership of the group currently stands at over 100 made up of celebrities in the media, comedy world, musicians, Nollywood, corporate world and fashion world.
The annual lecture was instituted to create a forum to evaluate the activities of the FRSC, proffer solutions to some of the challenges being faced by the lead agency in road safety in the country and serve as avenue for interaction between the FRSC and key stakeholders.