Marie-Therese Nanlong
Jos – The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Zone 4 Command comprising Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States has called on road users and transport fleet operators within the Zone to abide by traffic rules and regulations as well as the COVID-19 protocol during the Easter festive period or risk arrest and prosecution.
The Zonal Commanding Officer RS4, Assistant Corps Marshal Kayode Olagunju gave this warning in a release signed by the Acting Public Education Officer, Route Commander Olusegun Owoeye in Jos to herald the commencement in the Zone of the nationwide “EASTER SPECIAL PATROL OPERATION” with the aim of ensuring sanity and prevention of deaths and injuries on the road during the festive period.
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Olagunju admonished road users to comply with the traffic laws as according to him, some recalcitrant offenders might spend this Easter festive period behind the bars, even as he reminded road users that some traffic laws violators could be arrested by road crashes hence they could spend the period in the hospitals while some infractions could lead to preventable deaths on the road.
The Commander enjoined all that will be using the road during this busy period to always strive to stay alive. He admonished them to always drive defensively and treat other road users as potential threats to their survival.
ACM Olagunju assured that there would be 24 hour-operations and observatory in Commands along critical corridors, full activation of the Ambulance points as well as Road Side Clinics for rescue and Emergency Management Services and called on nurses, Marshals and other paramedics deployed to strategic points to attend to road users with care, render necessary assistances and do their work diligently.
He further enjoined motorists to “inform the FRSC formations of road obstructions, gridlocks, road traffic crashes and other emergency issues requiring FRSC attention on the toll free telephone number 122 or 0700 CALLFRSC (0700 2255 377).”
All motor park operators in the three states were advised to fully comply with the COVID-19 protocols such as position of hand washing facilities and 50 percent passenger carrying capacity to ensure social distancing in vehicles, even as passengers are enjoined to always put on their face masks, observe social distancing, regularly wash their hands with soap and running water and apply hand sanitizers. They should also always caution their drivers whenever they attempt to break the traffic laws.
