FRSC moves 71 senior officers in massive shakeup

Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has approved the redeployment of 71 senior officers nationwid e for enhanced performance.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the redeployment, aimed at repositioning the commission, affected three zonal commanding officers alongside several sector commanders.
Ayodele Kumapayi, former sector commander in Rivers, who was recalled recently for forcibly cutting the hair of some female personnel, is now head of Corps Safety and Transport Office at the national headquarters, Abuja.
He was replaced by Corps Commander, Imoh Etuk, who was formally the Corps, Public Education Officer at the headquarters.
In the redeployment released by FRSC Secretary, Susan Ajenge, Kingsley Agomo, the former zonal commanding officer of Zone 7, Abuja, was moved to Zone 6, Port Harcourt.
Jonas Agwu, who was in charge of Zone 6, Port Harcourt, was redeployed to Zone 4, Jos.
The erstwhile Commanding Officer of Zone 4, Jos, Oludare Fadogba, takes over the affairs of Zone 7, Abuja.
A.A. Nwaka, who recently completed a course at the National Defence College, Abuja, was deployed to the national headquarters, Abuja, to take over as the Assistant Corps Marshal in charge of Admministration.
Corps Commander, Bisi Kazeem, who was head of media relations and strategy at the headquarters, takes over from Etuk as the new Corps Public Education Officer.
Also affected is former Kaduna State Sector Commander, Francis Udoma, who is now the head of the Transport Section at the Technical Service Department, at the national headquarters.
Former Gombe Sector Commander, David Mendie, was moved to Benue as sector commander while Chidi Nkwonta, erstwhile Benue sector commander, takes charge in Cross River, in the same capacity.
Similarly, Ikechukwu Igwe was moved from Cross River as sector commander to Bayelsa, in the same capacity.
James Mbatse was moved from Niger State as sector commander, to assume the same position in Yobe.
Ibrahim Abubakar and Umar Ibrahim were moved from Imo and Osun as sector commanders to assume the same positions in Gombe and Kaduna states, respectively, among others.
In a statement yesterday, Media Assistant to the Corps Marshal, Sani Abdullahi, said the redeployment takes immediate effect.
According to Abdullahi, handing and taking over process is expected to be completed latest by June 10, 2017.
The statement said Oyeyemi enjoined all senior officers of the FRSC to brace up to the challenges of delivering safety to Nigerians in line with the Corps’ 2017 strategic goals.