Nigeria is currently losing over N15bn annually to vendors of fake vehicle licences, the Corp Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Osita Chidoka, has said.

The FRSC boss said the corps would introduce a new driving licence, as well as new number plates with new security features, in order to make it difficult for fraudsters to continue to forge the documents.

He spoke at a press briefing in Lagos on Thursday.

The corp marshal, who disclosed that the new regime would take effect from April this year, added that the organisation was disturbed by the growing number of syndicates engaged in the illegal production of driving licences and other vehicle documents in the country.

He said, “We find it necessary to introduce the new driver’s licence because the current one has lots of loopholes, which have made it practically impossible for us to continue to rely on it.

“The new one has many features that will curb insider abuse and make it (the licence) valid as an identity card when necessary. It will also improve our comprehensive data base, which makes crime traceable.”

Chidoka stressed that the new driving licence was driven by critical factors, such as integrity, accessibility, quality and cost effectiveness.

The new arrangement, according to him, will also address the problem of lack of acceptable data base for the number of drivers and vehicles available in different parts of the country.

The FRSC chief executive added that drivers below 25 years would be required to renew their provisional driving licences until they clocked 25. Similarly, those above 65 years will undergo strict verification every year at states’ vehicle inspection offices before being issued with the licence.

He, however, warned that any driver under 25 years would not be allowed to drive at night.

“On those under 25, they will be issued with graduate licences and it is renewable annually until they get to the required age. And the current one is for three years, just like the one we currently use. The new regime we want to roll out is even more advanced than what they use in some European countries,” he noted.

Chidoka said that the new driving licence would cost N6,000; while vehicle owners would pay N15,000 for a new number plate, each of which could be processed online or manually.

He said that, henceforth, number plates would be issued in the names of vehicle owners, adding that when a vehicle was resold, the new owner would be required to take another number.

“The FRSC is really prepared for this new regime because it has taken us a long time to get to where we are today. In the past one year, we have been collaborating with the Vehicle Inspection Officers and other agencies that are necessary in ensuring free flow of traffic on our roads,” he said.


Source: http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20110325523737

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