The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) operatives will begin to bear firearms to curtail the excesses of road users in Nigeria.
The House of Representatives Committee made the disclosure all through the corps’ 2020 budget performance and 2021 finances defence, on Thursday in Abuja.
The Chairman, Akinfolarin Mayowa, defined that the 1992 Act of FRSC allowed the corps to carry guns, NAN reviews.
Mayowa said the implementation had become essential to make sure legal guidelines were obeyed and to allow the FRSC feature efficiently.
He disclosed that the committee could meet with Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and also write to President Muhammadu Buhari to implement the Act.
A member, Solomon Maren, brought that the committee might speak the matter with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
The lawmaker stated there have been greater dangers at the roads, adding that the FRSC need to now bear palms.
FRSC Corps Marshall, Boboye Oyeyemi, decried incidents wherein motorists threatened personnel on duty.
Oyeyemi harassed that weapon bearing for safety would curtail violent street users and protect officers.
He showed that the corps has 280 formations, with presence in nearly all of the 774 neighborhood government areas in Nigeria.
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