By Stanley Onyekwere
As part of measures to ensure effective regulation of road traffic management, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) has promoted 386 officers and men of the Directorate, to help bolster its effort towards better service delivery to residents of Abuja.
It was gathered that the 386 promoted personnel were among the 405 officers and men of the Directorate, who sat for promotion exams in 2022, and emerged successfully.
Speaking at the rank decoration ceremony for the newly promoted officers, yesterday, DRTS Director, Dr. Bello Abdulateef, noted that the promotion will indirectly or directly translate into productivity and service delivery to the public, so people should be rest assured that DRTS is posed for better service going forward.
He disclosed that the Directorate is preparing other trainings for capacity development, to enable those who have been promoted and those waiting to be promoted to equally be on the side of productivity for the DRTS.
“If we have well informed DRTS officers maning our roads, ensuring regulation of road traffic management, and motor vehicle administration.
“To whom much is given, much is expected. We expect them to display some level of responsibility in terms of discretion and repositioning the Directorate for effective service delivery”, he stressed.
He added that the leadership of the DRTS will keep reminding its officers and men to maintain the best standards, inline with the rules and regulations guiding the Service, warning that erring DRTS personnel risks variety of sanctions which may include dismissal from service.
Earlier, in a welcome address, Deputy Director, Human Resource Management (HRM) of the Directorate, Francisca Samuel, who noted that the number of the promoted personnel represents a success rate of 95.30%, said it is the desire of HRM of the Administration Division to surpass this mark in the next promotion exercise coming up later in the year.
She also urged the newly promoted officers, to be committed to their responsibilities and put in required sacrifice to uplift the Directorate to achieve set goals.
On her part, Osho Deborah, who was promoted from Assistant Director of Operations to Deputy Director, DRTS Operations, advised her colleagues to continue doing their job with renewed vigor.
Osho added that they should be patient, and continue doing what they have been doing in the right and positive light, certainly, they will be encouraged and motivated at the right time.
“I received the promotion with a grateful heart, because it came at the right time, as I was supposed in 2022, and I was promoted now. It means a lot to me, it means hope and encouragement to do more and inspire others to know that when you are working hard and diligently, you will always be motivated to do more.
“What I would do differently is to make sure effective operations in terms of dedication, discipline and compliance to the guidelines, take place within the Service”, she expressed.
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