YULETIDE: FRSC Deploys 1,252 Personnel To Manage Traffic Along Asaba-Onitsha Corridors

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC , Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi said on Tuesday that a total of   1252 personnel have been deployed  to Anambra and Delta states corridors to manage vehicular  traffic during the Yuletide season.

 

 

Oyeyemi  stated this while briefing the press at the Government House in Asaba with the Governor of Delta State ,Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He said he was in Government House Asaba to brief the governor on the annual review meeting on how to ease off traffic at the bridgehead, Asaba.

 

Dr. Oyeyemi said his men have been deployed to the area to ensure that no passenger or other road users were stranded on the Asaba/Onitsha route during the festive period.

 

“This is the sixth in the series of our annual review meetings in respect of the end of the year patrol operations especially as it concerns the major corridors in the southern part of the country.

 

 

“I have deployed additional personnel; I deployed 600 yesterday to Anambra and this morning, we are deploying over 652 personnel to Delta State. We have mobilised our two heavy-duty recovery vehicles if there is any breakdown of vehicles on the road.

 

“One thing I want to inform the public is that there is an unprecedented increase in vehicular density on the nation’s highways this year. Today (Tuesday) is December 22, 2020, and since Sunday, December 20, we have witnessed vehicular densities.

 

 

“So, there is a need for extra patience on the part of road users. We have tackled the other problem at Onitsha end; so, there is no obstruction there and with the heavy-duty recovery vehicles donated by the state government, we can promptly remove any broken-down vehicle,” he said.

 

While commending Governor Okowa for his sustained support through vehicles and other logistics, the Corps Marshal advised all road users to be patient and obey traffic rules while on the road.

 

 

He said the Corps will enforce all rules that would ensure safety on roads and the fight against COVID-19 spread and advised all motor parks to comply with the federal government’s protocols against the virus.

 

 

 

 

 

Responding, the Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa  stated that until the second Niger bridge project is completed, the high density of vehicular traffic on the Asaba and Onitsha ends of the bridge would continue to occur during the festive season.

 

 

 

Governor Okowa stated that the state government has concluded plans to set up a taskforce comprising of the police, the military, FRSC officials and the Delta State Traffic Management Authority to help in handling the traffic situation during the holidays.