Godwingist:
FRSC's spokesman told newsmen in Abuja that commands of the agency had been fully mobilised for the exercise.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it is set to begin full enforcement of the installation of speed limiting device in commercial vehicles nationwide on Wednesday.

Spokesman of the corps, Mr Bisi Kazeem, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that sector and field commands of the agency had been fully mobilised for the exercise.

Kazeem said that the army, police, civil defence, Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies were on standby to provide security support.

Adding that the “Enforcement of the speed limiting device commences tomorrow (Wednesday) and there is no going back.
“In readiness, the field commands have been fully mobilised to commence full blast enforcement nationwide.

“To facilitate enforcement, a portal of speed limiting device (SLD) was created and is operational and a short code to confirm the installation of SLD is active.

“A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been dispatched with a directive that copies of those SOP’s be shared to security agencies within the commands’ areas of jurisdiction.

“A template for daily report has also be designed and forwarded to commands. Booking sheets with Failure to Install Speed Limiting Device (FSLD) have been distributed to field commands.

“To ensure seriousness of purpose, sector commanders have been advised to start with joint patrols with unit commands to have more personnel and create impact for the whole of February.

“Also, commands are to hold mobile court sittings at the onset and where mobile courts are likely to slow down enforcement, such commands should go ahead without them.

“We have created a situation room to monitor and collate report on daily basis and test-run for the clampdown.
“What we are trying to do is to register that it has started. It is not necessarily impounding all vehicles in Nigeria in one swoop thereby making life difficult for road users, no.

“It is a gradual thing that we are starting all over Nigeria and that is to say it is no longer advisory.
“You either pay fines or be taken to (a) mobile court to be charged or, in extreme situation, you are asked to come and install before your vehicle is released to you after impoundment.’’

Kazeem said defaulters would either pay a fine of N3,000 or have their vehicles impounded.
He explained that the decision to begin with commercial vehicles was informed by the high rate of their involvement in road accidents across the country.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that enforcement of the SLD installation has been postponed three time since Sept. 1, 2015 following appeal by stakeholders.

Kazeem said that the need to begin with commercial vehicles could not be over-emphasised owing to the high rate of their involvement in road accidents.

Citing FRSC statistics, he said commercial vehicles accounted for over 50 per cent of the total number of vehicles involved in road crashes in the country.

He explained that vendors of the device had been selected through a screening process by an inter-agency technical committee.

Membership of the committee, according to him, comprises the FRSC, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC).



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Clueless government. The masses are dying of hunger but the Government is busy patronizing foreign companies. Let's do some analysis here. If the SLD costs #2000 per one, assuming peace mass transit with about 10,000 vehicles is to purchase the device, it will spend roughly 20,000,000 for the project. This amount will go directly or indirectly to a foreign account where as our youths remain jobless our roads remain in deplorable state. For me, 90% of road accidents is caused by deplorable state of road in Nigeria. This is another avenue for security agencies to exploit the poor masses.

bigl:
We are all shouting "it will reduce road accidents, this and that" without thinking about a scenario whereby armed robbers are chasing a commercial vehicle at 120km/hr?

What happens when you can't accelerate more than 100km/hr?

Even driving at 60km/hr is speed so, whatts the point?

The only thing that should be done is to give speed guns to frsc to check over speeding vehicles rather than this rubbish vehicle speed limiters!

do remember what happened the last time frsc tried to chase down vehicles for wrong doing? this is the only way we can enforce speed limit in Nigeria. we have never been a nation to arken to speed limits.

Just wait for it, they are going to declare as fake, all speed limiting devices that were not purchased from FRSC office (in line with the reflector saga), and FRSC receipt for the device will become one of the vehicle particulars.

In this recession, the FRSC should cool down. We are even rationing our food.

SpermDonor:


What has speed limit got to do with recession ?? If you cannot pay the fine then watch your speed limit.

It's a matter of choice for y'all

You still do not get it do U?even if you are driving 599km/h or 2km/hr it makes no difference as FRSC cannot determine your speed rather they just want you to install that box the got 5 sell in the name of comercial vehicle . So Y not go to the larks to start from there why on the highways where they are going to cause untold hardship to innocent comuters by name of delaying thier buses and trucks.

mascutech:
Clueless government. The masses are dying of hunger but the Government is busy patronizing foreign companies. Let's do some analysis here. If the SLD costs #2000 per one, assuming peace mass transit with about 10,000 vehicles is to purchase the device, it will spend roughly 20,000,000 for the project. This amount will go directly or indirectly to a foreign account where as our youths remain jobless our roads remain in deplorable state. For me, 90% of road accidents is caused by deplorable state of road in Nigeria. This is another avenue for security agencies to exploit the poor masses.

You are correct. However why don't the bloody FRSC invest in making these themselves

youngibeh:


ZOMBIE WHO TOLD YOU FRSC SELLS STICKER

You're not smart enough to discern a simple message.. If I call u a wailer I'll be insulting what they stand for...you are nothing!

BigBen10:


do remember what happened the last time frsc tried to chase down vehicles for wrong doing? this is the only way we can enforce speed limit in Nigeria. we have never been a nation to arken to speed limits.

Which is more dangerous? Govt official (frsc) chasing a vehicle and armed robbers chasing a vehicle?