By Chidi Ugwu
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, has approved the posting of senior officers, including a new Corps Secretary, 4 other Assistant Corps Marshals (ACM) with strategic portfolios, as well as Sector Commanders (CC) across several states of the Federation.
Announcing the appointments, the Corps Marshal stated that the redeployments are part of efforts to reinvigorate the operations of the Corps and consolidate on its commitment to road safety management in Nigeria.
Olusegun Ogungbemide, Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer of FRSC, in a statement noted that at the top of the posting, ACM G. Ntukidem, formerly ACM Personnel, has been appointed as the new Corps Secretary at the FRSC National Headquarters, Abuja. Similarly, ACM J.W. Toby moves from ACM (Policy) in Policy Research and Statistics Department to assume duty as Zonal Commanding Officer (ZCO), RS11HQ Osogbo, while ACM I. Abubakar, pjsc, formerly ZCO RS11HQ Osogbo, now takes over as ACM Policy, in the national headquarters. In the same vein, ACM A.M. Hassan has been redeployed from Man Power Development, in the Department of Training, to now head the Technical Service Department also at the national headquarters, while ACM A. Sanusi, who just concluded a course at the National Defence College, resumes as ACM Man Power Development in Training Department.
Expectedly, the posting likewise affected several Sector Commands across the Federation. CC S.O. Ayodele retains command of Benue State; CC J.N. Alexander has been moved from Anambra to Delta State; CC N.I. Ezeoma continues as Sector Commander, Abia State; CC Y.T. Etuku has been posted from Kebbi to Kogi State (SC RS8.3 Kogi); CC B. Asekhauno has been redeployed to Anambra State Sector Command; CC R.M.Z. Abubakar, fsi, has been posted to Kebbi State Sector Command; CC D.B. Apaji to Bauchi State Sector Command; and CC A.P. Longkam, fsi, has been posted to Yobe State Sector Command.
Beyond the Sector Commanders, a total of 61 other Corps Commanders have been redeployed across key formations at the FRSC National Headquarters, the Academy, Zonal Commands, and special units nationwide. Their postings cover critical areas such as Operations, Policy, Administration, Logistics, Training, Data Management, Research, Establishment, and Medical Services, reflecting the Corps’ resolve to strengthen institutional capacity at both command and support levels.
The Corps Marshal emphasised that the redeployment exercise is aimed at ensuring greater efficiency and improved service delivery, stressing that the newly appointed officers are expected to bring fresh vigour to the operations of the Corps in line with its mandate of safer roads and fuller compliance with traffic regulations.
He urged the officers to justify the confidence reposed in them by the Management of the Corps, while calling on the motoring public to cooperate with the new appointees to sustain the drive towards safer highways across the country.
