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CORPS MARSHAL INAUGURATES CELEBRITY SPECIAL MARSHALS UNIT IN LAGOS
A unit of Special Marshals solely constituted by celebrities in Nigeria has been inaugurated by the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osita Chidoka in Lagos.
In his keynote address at the occasion, Chidoka paid glowing tributes to the Special Marshals in the country for their immeasurable contribution to the development of the Corps over the years. He stated that as ‘‘the largest volunteer force in Africa, membership of Special Marshals is drawn from diverse backgrounds and their voluntary contribution is ‘’well appreciated’’.
‘‘Their contribution to the development of the Corps over the years is well appreciated. They are the largest volunteer force in Africa with membership of about 15,000; and effort is being made to increase the strength’’, he said.
While inaugurating the celebrities who are drawn from music, comedy, movies and media industries and commended them for their interest in serving the people, the Corps Marshal warned that those who would not live up to the expectation of the ideals of volunteerism which Specials Marshals initiative stands for would not be retained in the group, as their activities would be constantly evaluated to determine ‘‘the committed and serious ones’’.
‘‘Furthermore, there has been a re-evaluation of the activities of members to the ideals of which special marshals’ initiative stand for. Those not living up to expectations were de-marshalled, leaving the serious and committed ones’’, he further stated.
The Corps Marshal enjoined them to use their God-given talents to positively influence the attitude of their fans to traffic signs and road traffic crashes, in order to disabuse their minds from the wrongly held belief that ‘‘accident is caused by the will of God or evil spirits’’. He consequently advised people to obey traffic rules and regulations in these ember months and beyond, ‘‘so that we could collectively deal with the monster of road traffic crashes’’.
Responding on behalf of the inaugurated members, Mr Dayo Adeneye pledged the commitment and appreciation of the members to the ideals of the Special Marshals.
He said: ‘‘we appreciate this opportunity given to us to serve our fatherland and I wish to on behalf of all the new members give assurance that we will not fail the nation and the Corps. By the time we would be assessed next year, I believe we will be elevated because of the seriousness we are going to put into this assignment’’, he stressed.
The ceremony which had in attendance, crème de la crème of people in entertainment and media industries, attracted musical displays by different band groups and was held at the prestigious Southern Sun Hotel Ikoyi, Lagos.
Among those inaugurated were the Weird MC and Adewale Ayuba from the music industry, while Ali Baba, Koffi, Stella Damasus, Seun Olagunju and Ademola Adeoye among others represented those from the comedy, movies and media industries respectively.
