The FRSC said it would work alongside other security agencies to ensure orderliness and timely delivery of election materials.
He noted that most traffic accidents recorded in the country involved 18 seater buses.
Mr Biu who said that 4,698 people were involved in the RTCs added that 2,082 people were injured.
The FRSC was reacting to the series of crashes involving political party convoys that have occurred since the commencement of the electioneering campaigns.
The promotion approval came at the end of the meeting of the FRSC Board, which ratified the resolution of the FRSC Establishment Committee on the promotion.
Corps marshal Dauda Biu said a fleet of vehicles would be deployed to assist INEC in moving equipment and ballot papers.
The corps marshal pledged to restore sanity on the country’s roads and confidence of road users in the use of road transportation.
Fatigue is one of the problems that contribute to the road traffic crashes on the highway, said the Road Safety chief.
The agency attributed the cause of the crashes to violation of legal speed limits and dangerous driving during the Christmas season.
The road crashes and deaths represent figures from January 2021 to December 2022.
