Nasarawa govt recruits 1,470 youths as road marshals

The youths, between the ages of 22 and 40 years, about 30 percent of which are women, are currently undergoing registration to commence a month-long compulsory training in the three areas at the Keffi NYSC camp, Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s Senior Special Assistant on Youths Empowerment and job Creation, Murtala Mohammed Adogi said at the […]

The youths, between the ages of 22 and 40 years, about 30 percent of which are women, are currently undergoing registration to commence a month-long compulsory training in the three areas at the Keffi NYSC camp, Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s Senior Special Assistant on Youths Empowerment and job Creation, Murtala Mohammed Adogi said at the weekend.
Adogi, who briefed newsmen on the preparation for the training said retired military personnel, environmental health workers and other stakeholders with good knowledge of security, sanitary inspection and road traffic regulations have been assembled as consultants for the training.
He said the road marshals will assist the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state on road traffic regulations in the urban centres of Lafia, Akwanga, Keffi, Nasarawa and Karu. “They will do a lot in decongesting the roads, especially at peak periods,” Adogi said.
He said those to receive training in sanitary inspection will work closely with the state Urban Development Board (NUDB) to enforce urban regulations on residents of urban centres. This is Just as he said those to receive training as community watchers will make for a proactive way in mitigating conflicts and crises in the state.
“They will play significant roles in facilitating community dialogue, to stave off the reoccurrence of the ugly incident of bloody crises that hit the state in the past two years,” he added.