FRSC deploys 1,000 personnel for Eid-el-fitr special patrol in Plateau

By Polycarp Auta

The Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 1,000 personnel for Eid-el-fitri special patrol in the state.

Mr Peter Longsan, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Jos.

According to Longsan, the personnel consist of regular and special marsahals, adding that the deployment is aimed at ensuring free flow of traffic.

He explained that the special patrol which commenced on Thursday, would end on April 25.

”In order for citizens to enjoy safe and memorable Eid-el-Fitr celebrations, FRSC in Plateau has deployed over 1,000 Regular and Special Marshals to cover all routes across the state for traffic control and calming, to ensure crash-free celebrations.

”The objective of the operations is to enhance corps visibility, with the aim of
reduction in road traffic crashes, fatalities and ijuries.

”To achieve that, we shall enforce
the following critical offences – speeding, dangerous driving, route violation, road obstruction, driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol or other substances.

” Other offences include overloading, failure to install speed limiting device, and Under-age driving, among others,” he said.

Longsan called on traders, hawkers and motor parks who allowed their businesses to interfere with traffic flow, to find safer places to operate, to enjoy maximum safety, adding that such would allow free traffic flow for other road users.

He said that the Sector Commander, Alphonsus Godwin, who congratulated the Muslim faithful for a successful 2023 Ramadan, admonished citizens to cooperate with FRSC and other law enforcement agencies for hitch free and
memorable celebration.

(NAN)