The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will not hesitate to sanction and prosecute fleet operators over non-compliance with safety standards across the country.
The FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, said this during the 2023 annual safety managers retreat on Thursday in Abuja.
Biu, who was represented by the Assistant Corps Marshal, (ACM) Ms Amuche Nwaka, said the Corps would no longer tolerate the failure of fleet operators to adhere strictly to the terms of the Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme (RTSSS).
The FRSC boss said the retreat was intended to appraise and address notable observations made by the Corps regarding the management of fleet operations in the country in the last year and associated consequences.
He said investigations revealed that most recorded fleet operations-related crashes in the country could have been avoided if the concerned safety managers had been committed to their roles.
“This retreat is, therefore, a wake-up call to all of us to further justify our roles as safety managers,” he said.
Biu said in the past few editions of the annual retreat, the Corps had consistently laid emphasis on areas of observed decline.
This, he said, was with regard to the general implementation of the RTSSS, particularly the issue of Speed Limiting Devices (SLD).
Biu said that at the most recent appraisal of public transportation in the country, the level of compliance remained unacceptably low.