Vice President Kashim Shettima has ordered a holistic overhaul of Nigeria’s street security measures.
He gave the directive throughout a gathering with the management of the Federal Street Security Corps (FRSC) led by its Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, on the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.
The directive is aimed toward addressing the nation’s street security challenges and considerably decreasing accidents throughout the nation, his spokesman Stanley Nkwocha stated in an announcement.
The Vice President harassed the pressing want to deal with the growing street crashes on the highways, highlighting the significance of leveraging expertise and implementing self-discipline to enhance street security.
“We’d like a complete resolution for our street security challenges. The entire ecosystem is just not correctly,” Shettima said, emphasizing the necessity for “deliberate efforts towards addressing our street challenges,” consistent with worldwide greatest practices in nations like Dubai and the UK.
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“In locations like Dubai and the UK, they’ve a mechanism of checking street site visitors violators, seize their automobile quantity plates, and are charged instantly from their checking account. This fashion, individuals are inspired to obey the legislation. We must be a disciplined nation,” he stated.
“The FRSC’s job is intertwined with that of the Nigerian Police as it’s a part of the safety structure of the nation.”
Drawing parallels to profitable safety initiatives he had noticed in Enugu state, he stated “I used to be in Enugu yesterday and the state authorities is doing so properly. The governor has put in place a safety structure the place the entire city and the entire state are beneath surveillance together with the forest areas.”
Vice President Shettima will, within the coming days, inaugurate the Nationwide Street Security Advisory Council saddled with the duty of decreasing site visitors accidents by half earlier than 2030.
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