The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says licenses of drivers who are in the habit of violating traffic rules and regulations will henceforth be revoked.
The Deputy Corps Marshal, Mr Adeyemi Omijimi, said this on Monday in Osogbo, during the Stakeholders Technical Workshop on the Nigeria Road Safety Strategy (2012-2016).
According to Omijimi, the commission has started capturing all traffic offenders in a databank, the number of times such erring driver violate the rules, the type of offence and the dates.
“Once a traffic offender is arrested, fined and has paid the stipulated fine in the bank, the offender is already captured and will automatically be given a point on that offence.
“When it becomes clear through accumulation of points that such person is habitual offender, then his or her driver’s license will be revoked,’’ Omijimi said.
He, however, said that the commission had yet to determine the number of points an offender would ‘score’ before a possible revocation of his/her driving license.
Omijimi further said that the commission was working toward bringing all driving schools under the road safety net.
“We want to be sure that all driving schools follow the same standard.
“Proper curriculum for every driving school is to be used nationwide, so that when you are trained as a driver in Sokoto, it will be the same procedure as training as a driver in Osogbo.”
In his welcome remarks, the Corps Marshal, Mr Osita Chidoka, said the Nigeria Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) document was being developed to position the Corps within the league of the countries with the twenty safest roads in the world.
Chidoka said conscious planning and implementation of national road safety strategies were responsible for the achievement of countries with safest roads.
The Corps Marshall, who was represented by the Zonal commander, Mr Albert Moore, urged the stakeholders to make their input into the document.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 100 participants from Kwara, Ekiti and Osun attended the workshop.