The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has again proved its leading
position as a public institution with the most robust base for use of
technology in Nigeria, as it carted away two distinctive awards at the
recently organised Nigeria Technology Awards, NITA, held in Lagos.
The FRSC got the Best use of technology award in government category,
while its innovativeness in the new driver’s licence got it the Award of
Technology Project of the Year 2015 also in government category.
According to Bisi Kazeem, Head, Media Relations and Strategy, FRSC, these
two awards made the FRSC a clear leader in the use of technology tools
among government owned agencies in the country. According to the
organisers of the event, the Nigeria Technology Awards is organised to
recognise and reward technology entrepreneurs, innovators, inventors,
academicians and policy makers (Government) in Nigeria. It further stated
that the award is aimed at building a large scale and internationally
recognised technology awards in Nigeria.
“The objective of the Award is to promote and commend excellence
achievements to which Nigeria technology professionals and organisations
contribute towards building a sustainable economy using technology, and
to encourage local practitioners to develop innovative and creative
technology solutions, which will uplift the image of Nigeria both locally
and internationally,” it stated.
The Awards which were in five categories of Technology best; Technology
Services/Business; Telecom; Banking and Government, saw FRSC carting away
prime positions in two of the five categories, which proved its
distinctive use of technology among government institutions in the
country.
“This is a reward for excellence and sustained investments in the use of
technology by an organisation that has continued to distinguish itself in
using technology to tackle its traffic management challenges in the
country,” one of the organisers noted.
The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi while reacting to the wave
of awards coming on the way of the FRSC in the recent technology
competitions held across the country, expressed satisfaction with the
development, saying the recognitions represent the realities of what is
happening in the Corps in its determination to use technology to resolve
some of the traffic management challenges facing the country. According
to him, FRSC was built on modernist values that laid solid foundation for
its sustained technology-based solutions.
“We have about 500 V-sats located in our commands across the country, all
of which are linked to the National Headquarters at Abuja to give our
daily operations real time advantage,” he stated.
“By that number, it is evident that FRSC has one of the largest V-sat
commotions among all the government agencies in the country, and that
gives us the capacity to monitor our daily field operations, rescue
exercises and ensure prompt response to emergencies within 15 to 20
minutes response time as the case may be.
“Today, our Call Centre operates on 24 hourly basis, while our patrol
cars, tow trucks and ambulances are tracked on our dashboard. These make
it possible for our operators to look at the nearest patrol vehicles to
any reported crash scenes, congestion or other emergencies in any part of
the country through our national emergency line: 122,” he further stated.
“The same thing applies to the innovations we have introduced in the new
driver’s licence, which make it impossible for the licences to be either
forged or duplicated, as the printing of the permanent copies of all the
licences are gated in such a way that it prevents duplicity and ensure
authenticity of the biometric data of the holders,” Mr. Oyeyemi added.
The Corps Marshal further reiterated the commitment of his management to
greater investments in information and communication technology, saying
that is where the world is going, and FRSC cannot afford to be left
behind.
In his remarks at the occasion, the President of the Nigeria Internet
Registration Association, Sunday Afolayan, urged parents to teach their
wards the right way in view of the fact that the world is drifting
towards the corridor of technology, saying technology has come to stay.
The Corps Marshal was represented at the occasion by the Zonal Commanding
Officer in charge of Zone 2 Lagos, Assistant Corps Marshal Nseobong
Akpabio.
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