The House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commended the Corps Marshal on the enforcement of traffic laws in 2024 leading to improved fines generation and called for sustained aggression in the new year.
According to a Thursday statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, the observations made by members of the Committee when the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, appeared before them to appraise the 2024 budget performance by the Corps and to defend the projection for 2025.
In response to the presentation made to the Committee by the Corps Marshal, members observed with delight the high level of performance by the FRSC in 2024 as indicated in the performance report presented by the Corps Marshal.
According to them, while the total sum of N2.9 billion was originally projected for last year’s revenue generation by the FRSC, it superseded the target by generating N5.9 billion, making it a 100 per cent increase above the projection.
They called for collaboration between the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and the FRSC to make all the traffic lights within the capital territory functional and bring all violators to book. “That alone will increase the amount of fines generated from traffic violations in the new year”, they stated.
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The Chairman of the Committee, Abiodun Adesida, asked the Corps to clarify the issue of N1.9 billion which came up at the Senate committee defence as reported in some media platforms.
In response to the inquiry, the Corps Marshal explained that the N1.9 billion was the fines generated from traffic violations alone, which were duly remitted directly to the Federation Account. He further explained that the FRSC had no access to the federation account to which every kobo of the fines generated was paid.
“Outside the N1.9 billion generated from fines, other operational surpluses paid as revenues from the FRSC for last year were from the number plates, Driver’s License, signage, training and towing which came up to N3.2 billion, bringing the total amount of revenue generated by the Corps in 2024 to N5.9 billion.
“All of these were duly remitted to the federation account as indicated in our 2024 report”, the Corps Marshal further stated.
