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FRSC: Revenue Generating Or Traffic Management Agency?

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was created in 1988 and has since remained the leading agency in Nigeria on road safety administration and management. It operates in all Nigerian states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The corps’ mandate is to prevent or minimise accidents on the highway; clear obstructions on any part of the highways; and educate drivers, motorists, and other members of the public generally on the proper use of the highways.

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Its cousins, Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), is car inspecting agency whose duty includes inspection and issuance of roadworthiness certificate (RWC) to all vehicles in Nigeria, maintenance of sanity on Nigerian roads and highways by ensuring that vehicles plying Nigerian roads are roadworthy at all time.

But in recent times, can it be said that the FRSC and VIO have achieved their mandate of maintaining sanity on the roads and avoid road accidents? The answer is no. Both the FRSC and VIO have practically turned themselves into revenue-generating agencies and have abandoned their mandates.

In other climes, technology is used for traffic management. It is used to arrest and fine drivers for over speeding. In Nigeria, FRSC and VIO are more concerned with catching and fining drivers and not about reducing accidents.

In Abuja for example, you will see heavy traffic gridlocks on some highways. Instead of the VIO officers to be looking for ways to ease the traffic, It is that time that they will start harassing drivers for car papers, thus worsening the already bad traffic condition. They hide at sharp corners or roads to arrest drivers instead of doing their work.

They have joined the police in the extortion game. This is sad. No doubt, most of the cars on Nigerian roads are not road-worthy but what do you expect? In a country with over 80 million people living in extreme poverty, you don’t expect to see many new cars on the road.

Indeed, every problem needs a homegrown solution. You don’t expect the rickety car, especially taxis to have new tyres or everything in normal condition. Arresting taxi drivers or private car owners for using worn-out tyres in this present economic reality is the wickedness of the highest order.

According to a National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the number of lives lost to road traffic accidents from January 2013 to 2019 are as follows: 2013 – 5,539; 2014 – 4,430; 2015 – 5,400; (FRSC):  2016 – 5,053; 2017 – 5,049; 2018 –5, 181; 2019 – 5,483.

Between January and March 2020, there were 1,758 deaths; April to June 2020, 855 deaths; and July to September 2020, 1,076 deaths. According to reports by NBS, 41,257 deaths were recorded on Nigerian highways in 97 months.

This goes to show that the traffic management agencies need to wake up from their slumber. What’s the use of generating revenue for the agency while many Nigerians are dying due to auto crashes every day.

Majority of road accidents especially in Abuja have been attributed to over-speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs and not because their car papers are not complete.

Pointedly, the two agencies should invest more in technology and limit human interactions in traffic management.

They were created to reduce accidents and revenue generation is secondary. Enough of this nonsense.

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