The federal government has promoted 48 senior officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to their next ranks.
The approval was given by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Gorge Akume, who is the supervising authority of the FRSC.
Those affected are 21 Corps Commanders (CC) who are promoted to the rank of Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), 11 Deputy Corps Commanders to Corps Commanders, and 17 Assistant Corps Commander to Deputy Corps Commander.
A statement by the spokesman of the FRSC, Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide, on Saturday, said three Assistant Corps Marshals have been directed to proceed on immediate retirement. Those affected by this development are Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) D. I. Okuobeya, ACM A. S. Ochi and ACM Adekanye.
According to the statement, the officers promoted to the rank of Assistant Corps Marshals (ACM) are: the Corps Secretary, ACM L. D. Shehu, Corps Legal Adviser, ACM K. D. Gonji, Corps Public Education Officer, ACM Olusegun Ogungbemide, Corps Intelligence Officer, ACM G. Ntukidem, the Corps Provost, ACM A. T. Hassan, the Corps Budget Officer, ACM M. R. Sabiya, and the Corps Transport Standardisation Office, ACM K. A. Ibrahim.
Others, according to the statement, are: Sector Commander Bayelsa, ACM C. M. Onukwubiri, ACM T. A. Mohammed, ACM in charge of Command Administration and Strategy, ACM S. U. Galadanchi, Acting Zonal Commanding Officer RS3HQ Yola, ACM Y. A. Haruna, Acting Zonal Commanding Officer RS1HQ Kaduna, ACM A. Umar, ACM in charge of Monitoring and Evaluation, ACM E. F. Akinlade, Acting Zonal Commanding Officer RS4HQ Jos, ACM A. A. Irelewuyi, the Head of Session, Personnel, Administration and Human Resources Department, ACM Y. D. Dio, fsi, ACM in charge of Federal Operations, ACM S. T. Agure, Commandant Road Marshal Assistant Training School, Shendam, ACM M. Yakubu, and Acting Zonal Commanding Officer RS11HQ Osogbo, ACM H. A. Godwin.