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Federal Road Safety Corps and National Security in Lafia Sector Command, Nasarawa State in the 21st Century

This study examines the impact of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on national security with specific reference to the Lafia Sector Command in Nasarawa State. Although established primarily as a road-safety organisation, the FRSC has increasingly assumed roles that extend into the broader security architecture of Nigeria. Using Structural Functionalism Theory, it argues that situated along key transit routes linking the Federal Capital Territory with major northern states, the Lafia Sector Command occupies a strategic position in the regulation of vehicular movement, intelligence gathering…