The Dangote Articulated Truck Driving School has graduated 50 trainees, who have passed through a specially designed and rigorous educational curriculum of driving.
The Articulated Truck Driving School at Obajana in Kogi State is Nigeria’s first and only accredited truck driving academy.
The school was commissioned last year by the immediate-past Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi, who described it as a significant step towards taming the menace of auto crashes involving articulated trucks in Nigeria.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony, the Divisional Director Transport (DDT), Mr. Ajay Singh, said the new Batch C graduates have only qualified and graduated from classroom instructions, and will now be exposed to practicals through attachments for an additional six months.
Mr. Singh expressed assurances that the school will not only bring down the rate of crashes involving articulated vehicles but will also positively impact other…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
