The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Driving School Associations (DSA), have taken up resolutions towards promoting quality driver training and ensuring safety, on Nigeria’s roads, to avoid crashes and hitches.
This initiative was birthed by the furtherance of the corps’ mandate to ensure safety, by creating a training system that produces quality drivers.
Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, alongside representatives of DSA, came to this conclusion during a meeting in the Federal Capital, recently.
According to Bisi Kazeem, Corps Public Education OFficer, the associations which attended the meeting included Nigeria Driving School Proprietors Association (NDSPA), Association of Driving Instructors of Nigeria (ADIN) and Driving School Association of Nigeria (DSAN).
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This meeting encouraged all three associations to close ranks and forge a common front for the development of quality driver training and road safety.
The agreement highlighted some key points: “Interested driving schools shall put in place appropriate machinery for the training of motorcycle and tricycle riders.
“Driving schools to be re-categorised, based on their capacity for training of applicants for driver’s licence including class ‘A’ drivers licence.
“Only driving schools that have the capacity to train motorcycle and tricycle riders and have been re-categorised as such shall be allowed to train and issue certificate to applicant for class ‘A’ drivers licence.”
According to the statement, a technical committee will be chaired by the Deputy Corps Marshal Training, with two representatives, from each of the three associations. This will be organised to review the standards and criteria for driving school operations and allied matters, with reports to be submitted.
