Nigeria, April 13 -- It began like any other bustling workday at our office when I participated at a media interaction at the Headquarters of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Abuja.

Not many visits to public officials stir the kind of anticipation this one did. As I had closely followed the FRSC's transformation in recent years, particularly since Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu appointed Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed, a member of national institute (mni), to lead the Corps in May 2024.

A distinguished career officer with over three decades of service within the agency, Mohammed is a chartered accountant who currently holds the prestigious traditional title of Sulukin Arewan Zazzau within the Zazzau Emirate Council in Kaduna ...