The former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has explained why he resisted the urge to consolidate the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) with other sister agencies during his tenure as the nation’s president.

In a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, the octogenarian disclosed that he was tempted as the nation’s helmsman to collapse the FRSC into another agency.

According to Obasanjo, the responsibilities of the FRSC are fast increasing due to the rising population of the nation. Therefore, there is no need to merge the agency with others.

“I don’t know if others will still come and merge you with others, but I hope they will not,” Obasanjo stated, insisting “your responsibility is getting larger and larger by the day”

Rather than merging, Obasanjo pleaded that the government should continue to enhance the professional capacity of the corps, to bring the best out of what its operatives do.

Obasanjo spoke while playing host to a delegation of the FRSC, led by the Deputy Corp Marshall, Susan Akenge, at his OOPL Penthouse residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

He commended the traffic regulatory agency for ensuring sanity on the roads amidst the increasing population and the economy, also acknowledged that the corps has reasonably been doing well, saying “you have been beneficial to us all.”

The FRSC was established in 1988 by former Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.

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