By Theodore Opara

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has called for strong synergy between the FRSC and the States Traffic Management Agencies for effective traffic management in the country, saying only effective collaboration between the agencies could address the challenges of traffic management in the country.

Oyeyemi stated this while addressing heads of states traffic management agencies from sixteen (16) states of the Federation who converged at the FRSC National Headquarters Abuja for the maiden meeting of the state traffic management agencies.

Boboye Oyeyemi

According to Bisi Kazeem, Head Media Relations and Strategy, FRSC, the Corps Marshal during the meeting said coming together became imperative in view of the need for collaboration and partnership between the state agencies and the FRSC for harmonious relationship and operational standards in matters of road safety with a view to addressing issues of data collation, crash investigation and traffic offences.

He expressed satisfaction with the fact that of the 36 States of the Federation including the FCT, 16 have established their Traffic Management Agencies through the enactment of appropriate laws by the State Houses of Assembly.