FRSC In Edo State, Deploys 34,000 Operatives And 484 Vehicles For Christmas and New Year Special Patrol

The Edo state Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has deployed thirty-four thousand operatives and four hundred and eighty-four vehicles for Christmas and New Year special patrol. This is contained in a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Mr. Jonas Agwu. The statement says the exercise will begin on Thursday and last till twelfth January, 2014.

It adds that fifty-three Advance Life Support Ambulances and seventeen tow trucks consisting of eight heavy duty and nine light trucks and one hundred and two motorcycles have been deployed to support the personnel and vehicles. According to the statement, four helicopters for aerial surveillance have also been deployed to consolidate the efforts to reduce road traffic accidents during the period.

The statement said the exercise tagged Operation Zero Tolerance has become necessary due to the usual increased movement of people and goods across the nation’s roads. It said the commission has identified twenty-three road corridors and sixty-five routes nationwide for the special exercise, adding that the patrol would be conducted in collaboration with other agencies such as the military, police, National Emergency Management Agency, Federal Roads Maintenance Agency and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.