Breaking News: 303 FRSC marshals migrate from paper to ICT-based duty operations in Anambra

www.odogwublog.com reports that three Hundred and three (303) Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Special Marshals have undergone training on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) devices to ensure efficient service delivery.

The special marshals went through lecturers and practical sessions on the use of ICT devices for e-booking, e-picturing and e-reporting of incidents in a seminar tagged ``FRSC E-Ticketing for Special Marshals’’, which was held in Igboukwu, Aguata local government area , Anambra.

The Anambra Coordinator of Special Marshals and Partnership, Mr Ben Osaka, told newsmen that the FRSC was full of innovations meant to bring out the best as well as check wastages and delays in its operations.

``The FRSC for sometime have gone to a real standard of ICT; So we don’t normally do manual booking; and then, it had been long be phased out.

``So the Special Marshals, which is an arm of the corps, have now undergo the training, which the regular (marshals) have undergone.

``So we feel that it is important, very important in order to enable us to know how to use the tablets (ICT tablets) in enforcing (against) road traffic crimes.

``It is quite speedy and handy; and time saving because everything is computerized.

``So when the tablet is there, just key it (information) in, fill the offence; and everything will roll out and give the person ticket.

``On like the other one, you fill and fill and fill and fill and fill and tire out,’’ he said.

Osaka, however, lauded the Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, for approving the seminar and providing the instructors and materials for the seminar.

In a remark, Anambra FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Sunday Ajayi, advised special marshals to learn as much as they can since the corps would soon be 100 per cent technology-driven in order to meet the challenges of the 21 century crash reduction.

``Federal Road Safety, we are a group that is made up of three tiers of enforcers and the special marshals are part of these enforcers.

``And they (special marshals) are of a large strength; so we also rely on them even though they are volunteers for enforcement.

``So if the regulars (regular marshals who are employed) as we are moving from paper to this computer-based booking, they (special marshals) too must know how to use the computer-based.

``Not only using it (for booking) even on the road there are so many things that happen; when we need at least pictorial representation of RTC (Road Traffic Crash) on the road; we can always use the tablet to get the pictorial RTC.

``And still use it when we are going out for sensitization and training,’’ Ajayi, who was represented by Assistant Sector Commander, Mr Olusegun Akinola, said.

Ajayi also noted with the computer-based operation it would be very easy to know repeat violators of road traffic rules and regulation by just a click of a button on the FRSC website.

One of the special marshals, Mr Festus Ilo, said that the seminar had exposed him to the great possibilities ICT could enable one to achieve within very few minutes while on duty as well as reduced the burden of carrying booklets about.

Seminar Photo– 1: The Anambra Co-ordinator of Special Marshals and Partnership, Mr Ben Osaka (middle on white cap); while he is flanked by the FRSC Unit Commander in Igboukwu, Mr Innocent Etuk (right) and the FRSC Director of Special Marshals and Partnership in Anambra, Mr Olusegun Akinola (left) during a group photograph

Seminar Photo – 5: (left to right) The FRSC Unit Commander in Igboukwu, Mr Innocent Etuk; the FRSC Director of Special Marshals and Partnership in Anambra, Mr Olusegun Akinola;  the Anambra Co-ordinator of Special Marshals and Partnership, Mr Ben Osaka and Deputy State Co-ordinator of Special Marshal and Partnership in Anambra, Mr Festus Ilo, during the seminar.