{"id":74638,"date":"2025-08-31T19:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74638"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:09:10","slug":"frsc-cautions-against-use-of-unaccredited-driving-school-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/31\/frsc-cautions-against-use-of-unaccredited-driving-school-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"FRSC Cautions Against Use of Unaccredited Driving School Certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sarah Sam Adda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has cautioned prospective drivers that certificates from unaccredited driving schools will not be accepted for the processing of driver\u2019s licences.<\/p>\n<p>FRSC Sector Commander in Oyo State, Mrs. Rosemary Alo, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>She urged applicants to verify the accreditation status of driving schools before enrolment to avoid wasting time and resources.<\/p>\n<p>Alo emphasized that only certificates from FRSC-accredited institutions are valid, noting that uncertified schools often produce poorly trained drivers.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that the Corps regularly trains instructors of accredited schools to ensure they possess the required knowledge to impart to learners.<\/p>\n<p>She further stated that accredited driving schools must meet set standards, including the employment of qualified instructors, the use of roadworthy vehicles, and the provision of adequate training facilities.<\/p>\n<p>These, she said, are aimed at ensuring quality driver education, reducing accident risks, and enhancing road safety.<\/p>\n<p>The commander warned that schools found operating below accreditation standards would face sanctions, including suspension or withdrawal of their certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Sam Adda &nbsp; The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has cautioned prospective drivers that certificates from unaccredited driving schools will not be accepted for the processing of driver\u2019s licences. FRSC Sector Commander in Oyo State, Mrs. Rosemary Alo, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74640,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74638\/revisions\/74640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}