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Device
Abuja, Nov.18,2016(NAN)The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said Adamawa,Taraba,Niger and Yobe had yet to comply with the implementation of the Speed Limiting Device after six weeks of its commencement.
A statement signed by its Head of Media, Mr Bisi Kazeem, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja said the commission had yet to record any installation of the device in the states mentioned.
Kazeem said that statistics of the FRSC showed that between Oct.1 and Nov.16 13,8506 vehicles were checked, while 7,417 vehicles had installed the device and 13,1089 had yet to comply.
“So far, Cross River is leading the compliance record with 1,224 and Akwa Ibom comes second with 859, while Ebonyi comes third with 565, and Enugu is forth with 556.
“Apart from the four states of Adamawa ,Taraba, Niger and Yobe who have zero record , states like Kano, Jigawa ,Sokoto and Bauchi states recorded low compliance with less than 10 vehicles installed with the device.
“ The Corps Marshall Boboye Oyeyemi has always advised Nigerians to imbibe the culture of safety.
“People need to embrace this scheme on their own without being forced to because come Feb. 2017, there will be no more subtle or advisory enforcement it would be total enforcement and strict implementation,’’he said
Kazeem said the Corps Marshal gave the grace to allow commercial vehicles some time to comply with the scheme considering the economic situation in the country.
He urged motorists to install the device so as to save lives and property, especially during the Ember Months.(NAN)
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Edited by Abdullahi Yusuf