The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, has ordered the activation of the penalty points system, designed to track and penalize drivers.

Mohammed, in a statement said the penalty points system was a proven method of enforcing traffic laws, and compliance with traffic regulations, because when a driver accumulates a certain number of points, he becomes liable to penalties such as warning, license suspension, or complete withdrawal of the license.

The FRSC corps marshal explained that drivers who accumulate between 10-14 points, would receive a warning notification; accumulating between 15-20 points would lead to driver’s license suspension; and when the driver accumulates 21 points and over, his right to drive on Nigerian roads is totally taken away.

Examples of traffic offences and penalty points in Nigeria include: driving without a valid driver’s license which accrues 10 penalty points, and N10,000 fine.

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