From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Worried by the rate of road crashes mostly during festive periods leading to deaths of many, and occasioned by lack of adherence to road traffic rules and regulations, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) yesterday flagged off a zero tolerance to all forms of break of traffic rules during this year yuletide and as we approach 2015.
The FRSC has also deployed no fewer than 35,000 of its personnel to help control traffic during this year’s yuletide as disclosed by the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive.
The national flag-off 2014 end of year special patrol operation, code named Operation Zero Tolerance has the theme ‘Road Safety is a collective responsibility: it Depends on you’ was performed by the State Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero.
The governor represented by the Deputy Governor, Ambassador Audu Nuhu Bajoga commended the FRSC in its effort at saving lives and enjoined them to sustain the tempo.
He assured of the government’s readiness to give necessary support the FRSC in all her activities targeted at saving lives of Nigerians.
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