Information emerging from the Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Nseobong Akpabio, has revealed that commercial driver’s licences would no longer be issued to applicants below the age of 25 years.
The FRSC boss made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that the step was to get rid of underage drivers and sanitise the profession: “An underage commercial driver has no commitment and may see driving as one of those jobs that could be toyed with… Many road crashes, especially with articulated vehicles, were usually traced to motor-boy drivers, who were without experience,” he said.
Akpabio further explained that driving a commercial vehicle should not be taken with levity because it involved lives and goods. He also called on transport unions, parent, as well as passengers, to assist the commission in checking underage drivers in order to achieve the United Nation’s Decade of Action for Safer Road Users.
