The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ondo State, Mr Samuel Ibitoye, has been sanctioned for allowing a patrol vehicle in his domain to operate with worn-out tyres.
Over the week, a video emerged on social media showing a motorist, booked a patrol team for an expired tyre, capturing the patrol van of the agency with bad tyres.
Apparently embarrassed by this, the Corps Marshall of the FRSC, Mr Shehu Mohammed, in a statement signed by the Assistant Corps Marshal of the Corps’ Public Education Officer, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, said the agency has zero tolerance to any form of negation of standards and does not condone any form of compromise against its core values.
According to him, the action “is a complete negation of the core values, as well as Standard Operating Procedures on Vehicles Maintenance for all operational and administrative vehicles of the corps.”
He, therefore, sanctioned the sector commander, ordering the ticketing of vehicle for the infraction, with the commander directed “to pay the fines for negligence.”
Mr Mohammed commended the public for their watch dog role over the services of the road safety agency, reminding the motoring public that the FRSC remains a pace-setter amongst agencies in Nigeria, for high level observance of quality standards, especially when it comes to vehicle maintenance, and will continue to enhance on the mileages achieved over the years in that regard.
He assured that the organisation would “continue to play its supervisory role over the field commands with diligent commitment while the Commanding Officers are expected to uphold the ideals of the corps accordingly.”