The
announcement was made on Wednesday at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
Boboye
Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, said he was happy to formally announce
the commencement despite numerous obstacles faced by officials while analysing
the technology and trying to convince Nigerians about the benefits of its
acceptance.
Mr. Oyeyemi
said the obstacles forced the agency to shift the launching date from initial
June 1, 2015, schedule to the new date.
“The final
directive from the presidency is clear; the enforcement date for the
implementation of the speed limiting device is on Oct. 1 and we have had series
of stakeholders meeting,” Mr. Oyeyemi said.
“The essence
of today’s meeting is to finally convey the directive of the federal government
to the stakeholders that with effect from Oct. 1, the implementation and
enforcement would commence.”
Mr. Oyeyemi
said a platform that will serve as monitoring system for total compliance of
the policy had been put in place as well as punitive measures for errant drivers.
“We already
have the portal that we will use to monitor this, we don’t need to pursue any
vehicle, we will just stop you like we verify licence.
“On the tablet
we will check whether your vehicle has been installed with the device, if it
has not, we will impound the vehicle and we make sure that you do the right
thing.
“We are not
talking about fines now ,it’s to save lives so we will impound the vehicle then
the owner of the vehicle will be made to install the device before the journey
continues.” Mr. Oyeyemi said.
Mr. Oyeyemi
said the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, was responsible for the design
of the policy, adding that a review would be conducted after three to six
months of commencement to appraise compliance by motorists.
Security
agencies, federal lawmakers, bureaucrats as well as members of road transport
unions were represented at the event.
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