Safety Corps, Mr. Christopher Ademoluti, on
Wednesday said the FRSC had put the minimum
age of commercial drivers in Nigeria at 26.
Speaking during the inauguration of the
commercial driving licence in Ilorin, Ademoluti
also said underage commercial drivers were
responsible for some of the road crashes in the
country.
He said, "We want to put the minimum age of a
commercial driver in Nigeria at 26 to enable them
to have the experience, maturity and expertise to
drive and convey people, unlike the current
system where we have underage people driving
commercial vehicles.
"With the new driving licence, we want to have all
the data of the commercial drivers.
"We don't want to have a driver who drives 18-
seater bus to endanger the lives of the 18 people.
It is only one commercial driver that dies where
18 people die."
He stated that the upgraded National Drivers
Licence would help reduce accidents.
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