As the country continues to seek ways to ensure it prevents the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) from escalating beyond what the country’s healthcare system can manage, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has decided to make moves that would contribute positively to Nigeria’s overall charge towards curtailing the disease.

To this end, FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered the immediate closure of its Driving School Standardisation Programme’s portal on Sunday.

The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, who disclosed this in a tweet explained that the directive was to enforce compliance with the order to suspend driving school operation in Nigeria.

He added that the decision was also aimed at further discouraging the generation of driving school certificates for trainee-drivers by proxy.

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The FRSC spokesperson said the directive was part of the Corps’ efforts to compliment all measures already put in place by both the Federal and State governments to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

According to him, this is important to ensure that no driving school is presently undergoing any form of training for trainee-drivers. 

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