The FRSC is headed by a Corps Marshal who is appointed by the President with a four (4) year tenure renewable once.

The Officer cadre is saddled with the responsibility of leadership, planning and coordination at various cascading levels of command.

The MIs known generally as Inspectors serve as intermediaries in command between the Officers and the whole Marshal Cadre.

There exists an unpaid volunteer force known as Special Marshals who supplement the numbers of the Corps.

They are men and women of means, with proven integrity in society, and able to influence their immediate environment (work place/community) in favor of the course of road safety.

The Act empowers the Special Marshals to carry out patrol and other activities that ensure good road usage on our highways.

45 of 1988 as amended by Decree 35 of 1992 referred to in the statute books as the FRSC Act cap 141 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), passed by the National Assembly as Federal Road Safety Corps (establishment) Act 2007.