The Federal Road Safety Corps has vowed to revoke the driver’s licences of recalcitrant drivers who refuse to comply with traffic regulations.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed made the announcement in Abuja on Friday, following the conclusion of the 2024 Eid-el Kabir Special Patrol Operations.
Mohammed emphasized the need for collective participation and collaboration among stakeholders to ensure safety on the highways.
He said, “Enforcing compliance on indiscriminate use of trailers to convey human beings.
“This also including aggressive public enlightenment, robust media engagement and aggressive advocacy campaigns carried out in motor parks across the Federation.
“Finally, there was also the identification and mapping of strategic routes across the country and effective deployment of appropriate personnel and logistics to cover them.”
The FRSC boss said that the Corps had a robust engagement with the leadership of the various Transport Unions, and Security Agencies.
Mohammed said this included State Traffic Management Agencies and the FCT Department of Road Traffic Services.
He said, “All these were done to ensure that every stakeholder, both in the public and private sector, plays a cardinal role in entrenching safety on the highways.
“On the strength of the foregoing, may I bring to your notice that we have added to the conventional enforcement of traffic regulations on articulated vehicles.
“We have gone a step further by commencing prosecution of recalcitrant drivers through Mobile Court operations in the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT.
“Subsequently, more drastic measures, including suspension and withdrawal of the national driver’s license, will be carried out.”
