Federal Road Safety Corps,FRSC, has said all commercial vehicles coming into the country from January one, must be fitted with speed limiter.

Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this in Kaduna when he visited the FRSC Sector Command for routine interaction with personnel to strengthen operational duties and general service delivery.

Oyeyemi represented by the Head of Operations, FRSC Headquarters Abuja, Deputy Corps Marshal Ojeme Ewhrudjakpor, said the measure was to ensure safety on Nigerian roads.

He said the Standards Organisation of Nigeria,SON, had written to all importers of vehicles to comply with the order, saying this would reduce the pains of buying a vehicle and be forced to spend again to install the device.

Oyeyemi also said the corps would meet with vehicle assembly plants within the country this week, to see how they could install the device as part of vehicles fitted specifications.

The FRSC boss explained that the current persuasive enforcement of the device was to give motorist time to comply, saying “from January 1, 2017, it is an offence not to have it on commercial vehicles.

Earlier, the Sector Commander, Francis Udoma thanked the corps marshal for the visit, saying the interaction would boost the morale of marshals and their commitment to duty.

On the speed limit device enforcement, Udoma said out of 3,033 vehicles inspected from October one to date, only 51 were found to have installed the device.

He said the command would continue to advise and persuade commercial motorists during the ongoing ember month patrol, to comply and install the device, saying from January 1, there would be no mercy.

Udoma said the command would continue to work with security agencies and relevant stakeholders to restore sanity on the road.