By Nkechi Eze
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed has restated the commitment of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to the success of the goals of the United Nations campaign against the menace of road traffic crashes.
He reaffirmed this commitment while declaring open a one day seminar organized to review the Marrakech declaration on road safety held at the FRSC National Headquarters Abuja on Monday, 24 March, 2025.
“Nigeria has always been at the vanguard of the global campaign against the menace of road traffic crashes and the FRSC as the lead agency for road traffic management and safety administration in the country has always been active in road safety campaigns at the various levels.” He said.
The Corps Marshal recalled that FRSC was well represented at the first global road safety conference held in Moscow, Russia in 2009 which led to the first United Nations declaration of 2011-2020 as Decade of Action For road safety.
Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed stressed that not only is Nigeria having a functional road safety lead agency in FRSC even before the global adoption of the necessity for road safety lead agency, the country under the auspices of the FRSC was one of the first to activate the global campaign as declared by the United Nations.
“Let me therefore restate that FRSC will remain committed to the success of the goals of the campaign as espoused in the 2021-2030 which the United Nations declared,” he stated.
Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed further expressed appreciation to the road safety stakeholders and NGOs for their untiring support for road safety campaign. He gave special commendation to the founder of Kwapda’as Road Safety Demand (KRSD), Hon Justice Monica Dongban -Mensem for the patriotic role she played during the last global conference on road safety held in Marrakech, Morocco which led to the declaration being reviewed at the seminar and called on other NGOs to emulate her example.
In her remarks, Hon Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem of KRSD, who is also the President of the Court of Appeal praised the FRSC for its consistency in promoting the ideals of safer road environment. She charged all the non-governmental organizations committed to the cause of road safety to do more in their advocacy programs in promoting road safety in the country.
Justice Monica Dongban -Mensem further expressed the willingness of her NGO to pursue the goals of road safety with greater aggression.
As part of the program at the seminar, some experts engaged in discussion aimed at reviewing the Marrakech declaration with recommendations on the way forward.
Also at the seminar, the two awards won by Nigeria for its commitment to issues of road safety were publicly presented.
Among the participants at the event were various road safety NGOs, principal officers of the FRSC and other stakeholders.
