There is need for greater dedication among personnel of the Corps in the efforts to ensure safer roads, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has declared.
He warned that indolence among staff would not be condoned by the management.
Oyeyemi gave the charge at Udi, Enugu State, while delivering his address to the graduating cadets of the FRSC Academy, Udi, during their passing out parade held on Friday.
In a press release signed by FRSC spokesman, Corps Commander, Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Marshal while congratulating the cadets for enduring the rigours of the six months training enjoined them to sustain the disciplinary standards they attained during their training.
He noted that all that they had learnt within the period would become useful to them in their subsequent assignments.
Oyeyemi charged them to embrace hard work, honesty and dedication to duties as they formally got inducted into FRSC family.
He stressed that as a service-oriented organisation, the Corps remained committed to improved service delivery.
He further restated the commitment of the Corps to ensuring safer roads and urged all staff to recommit themselves to the spirit of hard work, selfless service and quality service delivery.
The FRSC boss reminded the new officers to avoid acts that could undermine discipline, integrity and positive image earned by the Corps over the years.
He said as a world class organisation, the standards attained by the Corps would not be allowed to be compromised.
He particularly expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for his unwavering support to the FRSC, noting that in the last four years of his administration, the Corps had continued to enjoy unprecedented provision of logistics and staff capacity development programmes.
While praising the host community for showing hospitality to staff and cadets of the institution since its relocation in the area, Oyeyemi specially thanked the Governor of Enugu State for providing office accommodation and other logistics support at the Academy.
He stated that very soon the Academy would become a degree awarding institution after it had been designated as the African Centre for study of Road Safety.
Oyeyemi called on the governors of the five Eastern states to emulate the Enugu example by investing in the institution.
The passing out parade which involved 753 graduating cadets and replicated in Jos and Kotangora, Niger State for Marshals Inspectorate and Road Marshals Assistants cadres respectively involved a total of 4,300 personnel.
The Udi ceremony attracted large number of members of the public and had in attendance representatives of the Governor of Enugu State, service chiefs and other invited guests.
Highlight of the event was the award of prizes in different categories to the cadets who exhibited exceptional performance in the course of the training.
