The Corps believes that controlling vehicle speed would cut road accidents by 50 per cent, in addition to reducing the impact of crashes when they occur.
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The unit commander, Fatai Bakare, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday.
The ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise being conducted by the Federal Road Safety Corps was disrupted for hours in Lokoja on Tuesday when one of the applicants collapsed suddenly and died.
The Federal Road Safety Corps in Nasarawa State has so far screened about 1000 applicants for various vacant positions existing in the state in its ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise.
Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, says that applicants with tattoos, bow and K legs would be disqualified from its ongoing screening.
Corps Marshall Boboye Oyeyemi made the disclosure when he paid a visit to the two screening centres in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Monday.
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has assured all candidates who applied for recruitment into the commission of transparent exercise.
The officer in charge of the exercise in Kaduna, Assistant Corps Marshal Susan Ajenge, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday that the exercise would last for five days.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Badagry-Seme Command, on Sunday said that his oficers had commenced the monitoring of vehicles and drivers in different parks before they embark on any journey during the ’ember’ months.
The Federal Road Safety Corps has released its nationwide recruitment screening time-table for applicants who applied for the corps’ recruitment into the different Cadres.
The Federal Road Safety Corps has advised applicants, who applied for the corps’ recruitment into the different cadre, to check their emails for updated information on the exercise.
To achieve a hitch free vehicular movement, the Corps Marshal Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has called on road users especially those plying the identified routes to note that while Ibadan – Akure express way will be opened for free vehicular movement
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission has advised motorists to desist from night travels so as to minimise road mishaps during the ’ember’ months.
Ahead of the coming gubernatorial election in Osun , the Federal Road Safety Commission has called on its personnel to show high level of commitment and professionalism by shunning corrupt and unethical standards before, during and after the election.
Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC Public Education Officer, said in a statement on Friday that the screening would be conducted in all the state capitals.
Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, said that 71 driving schools had been sanctioned while several others were being investigated over unprofessional conducts.
The approval was made at the board meeting on Friday.
The Board of the Federal Road Safety Corps has approved the promotion of eight Corps Commanders to the position of Assistant Corps Marshals and 12 Deputy Corps Commanders to the position of Corps Commanders.
The Federal Road Safety Corps on Wednesday urged motorists to always apply caution and patience while on the highways during the “ember” months, to avert accidents.
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps has assured motorists that its officials would be deployed to alleviate their sufferings during the temporary diversion on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.