Speed Limit: FRSC Pledges Total Enforcement, Begins Special Intervention

The Federal Road Safety
Commission (FRSC) has said that it would ensure total enforcement and compliance when the speed limit programme begins in June.
The Zonal Commanding Officer, FRSC, Lagos Zone, Assistant Corp Marshal Nseobong Akpabio, said this at Ogere during the inauguration of the Special Intervention Patrol between RS 2 and RS 11 on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
He said that the commission had enlightened the public about the programme, adding that stiffer sanctions awaited erring motorists.
Akpabio said the focus of the special intervention on the major highway was to monitor the usage of the road by all and to sanction erring motorists, to bring about sanity and reduce road crashes.
He enjoined all commanding officers of the participating commands to ensure that operatives were adequately kitted in readiness for the operation, in order to achieve the objective of the scheme.
“We should be using about 20 patrol vehicles, one heavy tow truck, two ambulances and motorcycles on this operation with effect from today,” he said.
He, however, warned motorists and other stakeholders to cooperate with the commission to achieve the objective of the programme.
“Tougher times are ahead for reckless and recalcitrant drivers because the corps will use everything within its arsenal to bring them to book”.
Representatives of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW)  and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) attended the occasion.
They promised to work with the commission to ensure accident-free regime and pleaded with the FRSC to tbe lenient their members erred.