The Osun Government has said it is partnering with stakeholders in the transport sector on Driving Theory Test, DTT, to reduce the number of unlicensed and unfit drivers on highways.
Salaam Adewale, Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Senior Special Adviser on Transportation, disclosed this in an interview with journalists during the inauguration of DTT in Osogbo on Wednesday.
Adewale said the reason for the partnership with other transport stakeholders on DTT is to have drivers that are fit and qualified to drive on Osun roads.
He explained that the partnership would go a long way in sanitising the state roads of quack and unfit drivers who endangered the lives of passengers.
“The Driver’s Theory Test is one of the core mandates our Gov. Adeleke gave to the Ministry of Transportation on assumption of office.
“Gone are the days where you can sit in your house and get a driver’s licence, not minding if you can drive a vehicle or not,” Adewale said
He revealed that the Ademola Adeleke administration is working hard towards ensuring zero tolerance to accidents in the state.
Earlier, the Osun Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Inyang Umoh, stated that DTT will sanitise the state roads from unqualified drivers.
Umoh urged drivers to adhere to the DTT initiative, which will help keep their lives and passengers safe.
“The DTT is already operating in some states, especially in the South West. It is a good initiative and will help to checkmate drivers on highways,” he said.
In their separate remarks, Waheed Lawal, Director of Vehicle Inspection Services, and the State Coordinator of Special Marshals in Osun, Gbenga Aluko, said all other states in the southwest have keyed into the initiative to reduce the high level of quack drivers and accidents.
They explained that such collaboration would be of greater benefit not just to driving schools and heads of driver’s licence centres but to drivers and passengers on highways to help reduce accidents.
The theme of the inaugural event is “Ensuring Due Process in Driver’s Licence Processing.”
DTT is a system that ensures that prospective applicants for driver’s licences, after training under a certified driving school, undergo tests, including driving in the presence of Vehicle Inspection Officers, before being allowed to be captured for a licence
