FRSC, NANS Forge United Front To Curb Deadly Truck Crashes
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has pledged stronger collaboration with the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to tackle the rising spate of truck crashes that have recently claimed students’ lives, particularly in Edo State.
At a meeting convened by Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed at FRSC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, the Corps assured that students’ concerns are shaping deliberate actions to end reckless driving by articulated vehicle operators.
Mohammed, who described every life lost as “a wound to the conscience of the nation,” commiserated with bereaved families and stressed that students are the future of Nigeria. “Losing them to avoidable crashes is not just painful, it is highly unacceptable,” he said, promising FRSC’s sustained partnership with NANS to ensure safer roads.
Representing the student body, Comrade Lucky Omonefe, Immediate Past National President of NANS, said the engagement restored hope. “We came with anger, but we are leaving with hope. What we have seen today is leadership that listens,” he remarked, calling for dialogue over confrontation.
The Corps Marshal outlined measures already in place, including partnerships with major fleet operators such as Dangote and BUA for driver training, rigorous inspection of more than 2,700 trucks under FRSC’s annual certification scheme, and expanded use of technology to monitor driver behaviour.
He added that FRSC is strengthening patrols, enforcing speed limiters, and holding nationwide town hall meetings with students, transport unions, fleet owners, and community leaders to instil safety consciousness.
Mohammed assured that the engagement with NANS is not a one-off, but the start of a sustained alliance to end needless road tragedies, appealing for calm and unity: “No protest is more powerful than a united commitment to save lives.”