The Federal Road Safety Commission Board has approved the promotion of 10 Corps Commanders to the rank of Assistant Corps Marshal and 32 Deputy Corps Commanders to the rank of Corps Commander.
Deputy Corps Public Education Officer, Mccharm Sambo, who made this known in a statement, on Saturday in Abuja, said the promotion takes effect from 29th May, 2020.
Sambo said the approval was subsequent to the virtual meeting of the FRSC Board on the promotion of Senior Officers, where the promotion exercise was diligently deliberated upon.
He gave the list of the Officers promoted to Assistant Corps Marshal ( ACM) as follows;
Corps Commander Bisi Kazeem, who is presently the Corps Public Education Officer at the National Headquarters (RSHQ) Abuja; Corps Commander Hyginus Omeje, the Sector Commander, Lagos State; Corps Commander Clement Oladele, Sector Commander, Ogun State; Corps Commander Francis Udoma, Sector Commander, Imo State; Corps Commander Shehu Iliyasu, the Corps Procurement Officer RSHQ; Corps Commander Benjamin D Anafa, Corps Commander in charge of Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Operations Department, RSHQ and 4 others.
While the newly promoted Corps Commanders are; Deputy Corps Commander (DCC) Segun Ogungbemide, Sector Head of Operations, Ondo State Sector Command; DCC Godwin Ntukidem fsi, who is the Principal Staff Officer II to the Corps Marshal; DCC Kukbol Gonji, the Deputy Corps Legal Adviser, DCC LD Shehu fsi, DCC CM Onukwubiri, DCC IG Ibrahim, and 26 others.
The Corps Marshal of FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has accordingly directed that all affected Officers are to be immediately decorated in their respective Zonal Commands.
He added that the decoration should be conducted in strict compliance with Presidential directives and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines on physical distancing and other preventive measures against the dreaded coronavirus pandemic.
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Oyeyemi equally congratulated the newly elevated Officers for their excellent performances during the exercise.
While noting that every promotion comes with greater responsibilities, Oyeyemi charged them to put in their best in the course of their duties as their new ranks call for more focus and dedication.
Oyeyemi admonished those who were not fortunate this promotion year to keep hope alive for the best as opportunities still abound for promotion in the future.
Speaking further, the Corps Marshal promised to improve the general welfare of the personnel of the Corps to the satisfaction of all. As such, he beckoned on all personnel to be of good cheer and put in greater efforts towards the realisation of the Corporate mandate of the Corps.
According to Sambo, the Board Chairman, Mallam Bukhari Bello, expressed his satisfaction with the high level of transparency and objectivity that heralded the whole process.
He urged the promoted Officers to show more commitment and rededicate themselves to achieving the Corporate mission of the Corps which is to eradicate road traffic crashes and create a safer motoring environment in the country.
He stated that the promotion exercise is part of the Commission’s drive towards rewarding excellence, and hard work in line with the administrative philosophy of the present leadership of the Corps.
The Deputy Corps Public Education Officer Sambo disclosed that the promotion exercise began with medical examination, physical fitness test, computer-based examination, and virtual oral interview.
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