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FRSC Says Addressing Underage Driving Requires Multi-Faceted Approach
FRSC Says Addressing Underage Driving Requires Multi-Faceted Approach
FRSC says addressing underage driving requires multi-faceted approach. The FRSC commander said such an approach would involve effective law enforcement, education and community engagement.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says addressing underage driving requires a multi-faceted approach.
Corps commander Kehinde Hamzat, Lagos State sector commander, FRSC, made the assertion in an interview with journalists in Lagos.
He said such an approach would involve effective law enforcement, education and community engagement.
Mr Hamzat also said it would involve consideration of socio-economic factors.
He noted that the National Road Traffic Regulation specified that drivers must possess a valid licence appropriate for the type of vehicle they would be operating.
According to him, in Nigeria, the legal age for driving a vehicle depends on the type of vehicle. He said the minimum age for driving standard cars was 18 years.
“Twenty-six years of age is the minimum requirement for driving articulated vehicles in Nigeria,” he said.
The sector commander called for increased public awareness campaigns about the dangers of underage driving.
He also urged the provision of more comprehensive driver education and training programmes, especially for those driving large vehicles.
“There is also a need to encourage community involvement to encourage reporting of violations and educating of people on road safety to curb underage driving,” he said.
He disclosed that underage drivers often lacked the experience and maturity to handle large and complex vehicles.
According to him, this can lead to higher risks of accidents, endangering not only the lives of the driver but also the lives of other road users.
Mr Hamzat noted that underage driving had legal, safety, social and economic implications.
“For legal implications, underage drivers operate without licences and avoid insurance policies, and these can result in a criminal record.
“The safety implications have to do with increased accident risk, endangering passengers’ lives, and less likelihood to recognise and respond appropriately to the needs of pedestrians and cyclists.
“On social implications, underage driving can be influenced by peer pressure, promoting a culture of irresponsible behaviour among teens and resulting in a heightened concern for neighbourhood safety. It also leads to stress.
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“The economic implications have to do with increased costs, loss of opportunities and loss of public resources,” he said.
The FRSC boss recommended measures to ensure that only mature and experienced drivers operate articulated vehicles.
He listed the measures as strict licensing requirements, enforcement of minimum age policy, mandated advanced training programme and continual assessment.
He expressed the hope that implementing the strategies would promote road safety by ensuring that only mature and skilled drivers would operate articulated vehicles.
Strike: NASU Gives WAEC 7-Day Ultimatum
Strike: NASU gives WAEC 7-day ultimatum. The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) management to address a four-point demand related to workers’ welfare and alleged victimization of labor leaders.
NASU Gives WAEC 7-Day
Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, NASU General Secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, warned that all WAEC offices across the country would be shut down from Monday, March 24, if the demands are not met.
Akwa Ibom LG Chairman Sets To Report Construction Company For Poor Performance
Akwa Ibom LG Chairman sets to report construction company for poor performance. Ikot Ekpene Chairman, Hon. Aniefiok Nkom, has threatened to send digital copies of the Ikot Ekpene – Aba road one-lane construction to Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, despite allegedly underperforming as a council chairman in recent months.
Nkom, whose achievements have been limited to painting the old Ikot Ekpene council secretariat, grading truck parks, and providing limited educational support JAMB forms, made this announcement during a peaceful demonstration by students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua.
The students were protesting persistent brutality and harassment by officers from the Nigerian Police Force, Ikot Ekpene Division, and QIU, Ikot Ekpene Division.
The council chairman accused the construction company, Messrs CGGC Global Projects Nigeria Limited, of building a one-lane carriage instead of the approved dualized road, referencing Contract No.6569 and Project Code ERGP12141436 under the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, awarded in 2019.
Nkom stated, “For those of us from Ikot Ekpene, you have seen this road. For those coming from Aba, you can see where they stopped the dual carriage.
Now, they are constructing a single lane to Ikot Ekpene. This is what we are talking about when we mention injustice.”
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He further mentioned his intention to document the road’s condition with NTA and send the footage to the Senate President, calling the situation a serious embarrassment to Akwa Ibom State.
Addressing the issue of police brutality against Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic students, Nkom asserted that any policeman or army officer who harasses a student without any offense will face consequences, urging students to always carry their identity cards.
EFCC Arraigns 2 Chinese Nationals, Nigerian For Cyber Crimee In Lagos
EFCC arraigns 2 Chinese nationals, Nigerian for cyber crimee in Lagos. EFCC alleged that they engaged in this foreign exchange without going through the official foreign exchange market authorised by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) on Monday dragged a Nigerian, two Chinese nationals, and their company before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged multibillion-naira cybercrime.
The defendants Huang Haoyu, Friday Audu, An Hongxu and a company, Gentting International Ltd., are standing trial before Justice Daniel Osiagor on a 12-count charge of cybercrime.
They all pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, Bilikisu Buhari, told the court that the defendants committed the offences sometime in 2024 in Lagos.
Ms Buhari said the defendants allegedly conspired among themselves to commit the offences with one Dualiang Pan, who is now at large.
She said the defendants allegedly willfully caused to be assessed computer systems organised to destabilise Nigeria’s economic structure.
Ms Buhari also said the defendants allegedly procured Nigerian youths to falsely represent themselves as persons of foreign nationalities.
They were alleged to have procured one Chukwuemeka Okeke to retain $1.2 million in his crypto wallet, which they ought to know forms part of fraudulent activities.
They were alleged to have also procured one Alhassan Garba and Ifesinaci Jacobs to retain $1.3 million in their crypto wallet, being proceeds of crime.
They were also alleged to have retained in the Union Bank account of Gentting International Ltd the sum of N3.4 billion, which also forms part of the proceeds of their fraudulent activities.
The prosecutor alleged that they transferred, among others, N106 million and N913 million to Mr Dualiang’s UBA account, which also forms the proceeds of their fraudulent activities.
The transfer and several other transfers were said to be made from Gentting Ltd.
Besides, the defendants were said to have illegally negotiated a foreign exchange transaction with one Alhassan Garba to the dollar equivalent of N1.1 billion, N962 million, and other sums.
EFCC alleged that they engaged in this foreign exchange without going through the official foreign exchange market authorised by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
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All monies are said to have formed part of the proceeds of their fraudulent activities.
She said the offences contravened section 29(2) of the Foreign Exchange Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2004.
It also contravenes sections 18 and 27 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition) Act 2015, as well as sections 18(2)(d) and 21(c) of the Money Laundering Act 2021.
The court adjourned the case until March 20 to hear the defendants’ bail application.
The judge ordered the defendants to be remanded in EFCC’s custody pending bail.
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