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The feud between the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC and its sister agency, the Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIO has begun to degenerate as the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive Officer of FRSC, Mr. Osita Chidoka has vowed to call vehicle inspectors to order.
Chidoka also declared that officers and men of the Directorate of Road Transport Services popularly known as VIO have over stepped their mandate in the discharge of their duties.
The FRSC boss made the observation while fielding questions during a mid-year chat with reporters to have an overview of FRSC mutual drive towards projecting road safety ideals in Nigeria and chat further strategies for safer road use.
He recalled that the responsibility of issuance of license to motorist and road worthiness of vehicles was the responsibility of the Nigeria Police Force, but noted that since the mandate was transferred to the state, Nigerians have continued to question the credibility of license issued to motorist by VIO staff.
Chidoka lamented that most state governments are interested in the revenue generation from VIO rather than ensuring safety management on state roads, adding that VIO officers are harassing motorists even on federal roads.
He assured that legal framework will be used to stop VIO from operating on federal roads saying “we did not intend to share the responsibility of road safety with any sister agency.”
In a swift reaction, the FCT Deputy Director of Operation, of the Directorate of Road Transport Services Dr Yusuf Pam Jam accused FRSC of encroaching into the mandate given to VIO, even as he noted that the operation of Road Safety is restricted to federal roads.
On the issue of driving license, Pam said that the Federal Road Safety Commission FRSC does not have the right to issue driving license, adding that there was a marriage of convince between Board of Internal Revenue services, Vehicle Inspection Officers VIO and the FRSC.
He affirmed that it is only the VIO that has the right to issue driving license while the FRSC have the right to print the license but lacks the powers to issue it to motorists and the revenue board reserve the right to collect the fund an arrangement he described as a tripartite arrangement.
He further stated that the FRSC is encroaching into VIO’s functions noting that FRSC has no statutory powers to inspect vehicle on state roads which is a sole responsibility of VIO.
He also drew the attention of the stakeholders on the appeal court judgment in Calabar where the court ruled that the Federal Road Safety Commission FRSC has no power to exercise its statutory responsibility of enforcement of safety standards on roads, streets owned by state government.
The judgment further stated that it is inconsistent with the tenets of federalism for FRSC to be operating on roads not owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria.