… As Corps Marshal, Ali Biu Recalls Abuja Sector Commander
The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) has dissociated itself from , what it referred to as a baseless and unfounded opinion, published on different news platforms, linking the Corps to seeking the introduction of Sharia Law, to compliment existing extant regulations, on enforcement of traffic rules and prosecution of offenders.
This was contained in a Statement issued by the FRSC , and signed by Bisi Kazeem ,Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer .He added , that the public is to note that the widely circulated opinion , does not in anyway, reflect the position of the Federal Road Safety Corps.
The Statement said that the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu has conseqquently , recalled with immediate effect, the Sector Commander to the National Headquarters Abuja, for necessary administrative action, because the Sector Commander, through the quoted statements has breached the FRSC regulations and the Standard Operating Procedures
It disclosed that , without any reservation, it is key to inform the general public that the Federal Road Safety Corps is a Government Agency ,with statutory responsibilities for road safety administration in Nigeria and sensitive to the country’s multi-religious as well as heterogeneous ethnic composition.
According to the Statement , The Corps was founded through Decree No. 45, as amended by Decree 35 of 1992, referred to in the statute books as the FRSC Act cap 141 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN). The Act was passed by the National Assembly as Federal Road Safety Corps (establishment) Act 2007.
Kazeem stated in the Statement that, by this very fact, it is important to clearly posit that the Corps is neither a religious nor sectional organisation, but a Federal Government Agency established with a mandate that is guided by the provisions of an establishment Act; and not a Sharia, Mosaic, customary, canon or any other law whatsoever that contradicts the provisions of it’s establishment Act, or the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He said , FRSC lead agency role, is shielded in its strict compliance with established regulations duly passed by the National Assembly, calling on the public to disregard the entire content of the opinion as published, because it is outrightly baseless, unfounded and does not apply in the FRSC’s operations and service to the Nigerian people.