After several weeks of intensive campaign, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will commence full enforcement of installation of speed limiting device in commercial vehicles nationwide today, February 1, 2017.
The Head, Media Relations and Strategy, FRSC, Bisi Kazeem, explained on Tuesday in Abuja that sector and field commands of the agency had been fully mobilised for the exercise.
He said the army, police, civil defence and other security agencies were on standby to provide security support for the enforcement. Kazeem also stated that mobile courts had been set up nationwide for the purpose, adding that defaulters could pay up to N3,000 as penalty.
Explaining further, he said, “In readiness for the full enforcement tomorrow (Wednesday), the field commands have been fully mobilised nationwide. To facilitate enforcement, a portal for Speed Limiting Device was created and is operational and a short code to confirm the installation of the SLD is active. “A standard operating procedure has been dispatched with a directive that copies of the standard operating procedure be shared to security agencies within the commands’ areas of jurisdiction. “A template for daily report has also been designed and forwarded to commands, while booking sheets with ‘Failure to Install Speed Limiting Device’ have been distributed to field commands.”
Kazeem added that sector commanders had been instructed to carry out joint patrols with unit commands throughout the month of February.
