The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Boboye Oyeyemi, on Thursday, unveiled body cameras, operation monitoring and control platform, to improve the Corpsβ field operations across the country.
At the official inauguration in Abuja, Mr Oyeyemi said that the platform would improve transparency and accountability in the activities of the Corps nationwide.
He added that it was designed with the needs for the public uppermost in mind, as the Corps goes about the task of making FRSC more responsive in operations.
Mr Oyeyemi also said that it was evidence of a fostered innovation to tackle challenges in patrol operations and its strong commitment to surmount all obstacles in delivering on its mandate.
Mr Oyeyemi added that its implementation would be in phases, as the corps had targeted three years for all the patrol teams to be using the body cameras nationwide.
βThis is Phase one which is in FCT, Abuja. Cameras will be deployed to Lagos and Asaba for end of the year patrol operations as well. This will also help to control the behaviour of officers and conduct of the public,β he said.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, represented by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Nnamdi Mbaeri, commended the corps for the laudable achievement.
He added that the development would help in strengthening better road safety management in the country urging the corps to ensure it was extended to all parts of the country.
Mr Mstapha reiterated President Muhammadu Buhariβs commitment to the provision of transportation infrastructure a key to determinant of performance in the sector.
He encouraged other agencies of the Federal Government to develop similar innovative ways to improve their work process in the most cost-effective manner possible.
βIt is therefore, my hope that todayβs inauguration of Operations Monitoring and Control Platform and deployment of the body cameras will improve the quality of road safety management approach in Nigeria, β he said.
The FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello said that the deployment of technology for traffic law enforcement had become inevitable.Represented by the Permanent Secretary, FCT, Olusade Adesola, the minister said that the application of body cameras had been used to great advantage by law enforcement agencies in other climes
