FRSC wins 2 awards at NITA in Lagos

The Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC) has won two major awards at the Nigeria Technology Awards (NITA).

According to Premium Times, the FRSC won the Best use of technology award in government category, and the Award of Technology Project of the Year 2015 because of it's innovation in the new driver’s licence.

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Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC Marshal, has expressed his satisfaction with the awards.

“We have about 500 V-sats located in our commands across the country, all of which are linked to the National Headquarters at Abuja to give our daily operations real time advantage. By that number, it is evident that FRSC has one of the largest V-sat commotions among all the government agencies in the country, and that gives us the capacity to monitor our daily field operations, rescue exercises and ensure prompt response to emergencies within 15 to 20 minutes response time as the case may be."

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“Today, our Call Centre operates on 24 hourly basis, while our patrol cars, tow trucks and ambulances are tracked on our dashboard. These make it possible for our operators to look at the nearest patrol vehicles to any reported crash scenes, congestion or other emergencies in any part of the country through our national emergency line: 122.

“The same thing applies to the innovations we have introduced in the new driver’s licence, which make it impossible for the licences to be either forged or duplicated, as the printing of the permanent copies of all the licences are gated in such a way that it prevents duplicity and ensure authenticity of the biometric data of the holders."

These awards come after the deputy governor of Cross River state, Prof. Ivara Esu, called the FRSC "the most disciplined para-military organization".

Do you think the FRSC deserves to win the Best use of technology and Technology Project of the Year 2015 awards?