The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is set to acquire breath analysers to combat driving under the influence of alcohol and Drugs in the country which has resulted to several road crashes.
In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, the Spokesperson for the Corps and Head of Corps Public
Education Office, Bisi Kazeem, stated that the Corps Marshal has designed the commencement of the pilot scheme to
focus on Training of FRSC personnel on Driving under the Influence (DUI) projects, acquisition and deployment of Alcholizers for testing DUI, enforcement of DUI by field Operatives, and monitoring of enforcement of DUI.
This, according to him, is owing to the need to constantly combat Driving under the influence of Alcohol and Drugs.
According to the statement, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, met with a team of Beer Sectoral Group (BSG) led by the Chairman, Mr Jordi Borrut-Bel, to discuss the implementation process of a
Memorandum of Understanding which will catalyse the provision of Breathalysers to enable the Corps run a Pilot scheme for its patrol teams within Kaduna Command, Lagos State Command and River State Command.
Other aspects of the programme of action are: commencement of Drive Alcohol Free (DAF) campaign, FRSC/BSG to meet with FRSC stakeholders in the DAF campaign, FRSC/BSG to conduct survey on the Six Geopolitical zones on DAF campaign,
Enlightenment of drivers and other road users on the dangers of drunk driving, deployment of Billboards on strategic routes across the country with “don’t drink and drive” messages.
The Corps Marshal equally appraised the BSG guests with the FRSC resolutions with respect to haulage transportation.
Kazeem stated that Dr Oyeyemi intimated BSG on the following which may affect the movement of BSG Products:
Single Operators of Haulage must register with the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Compulsory registration with the Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme (RTSSS) and the compulsory installation of Speed Limiters.
In his address, Chairman of BSG, Mr Jordi Borrut-Bel, assured the Corps of their readiness to comply with FRSC standards and lead by example by preaching the need to install Speed Limiters to their members.
He equally assured of the continuous collaboration with FRSC to campaign against drunk driving.
The chairman thanked the Corps for its different programmes aimed at keeping the roads safe, and assured that they, as a body, will ensure members’ strict adherence to safety rules.
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