FRSC to extend number plates, driving licence deadline

September 12, 2013 by Rashidi Bisiriyu

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FRSC Corps Marshal, Osita Chidoka







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There are indications that the Federal Road Safety Corps may extend the deadline for the enforcement of new driving licence and number plates.

The corps had given September 30 as deadline for motorists to obtain the two vital documents and was expected to commence a nationwide enforcement on October 1.

But following public outcry showing that over 50 per cent of motorists had yet to procure the two items, the FRSC might have bowed to pressure to extend the deadline to the end of the year.

A source at the FRSC head office in Abuja told our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday that the Corp Marshal, Mr. Osita Chidoka, had already sent a proposal to the joint tax force for the extension.

There were complaints from motorists, especially in Lagos and Abuja that they faced a lot of difficulties in processing the new driving licence and the number plates.

Meanwhile, the FRSC on Wednesday in Lagos continued its speed limit campaign and encouraged motorists and transport companies to install a standard device in their vehicles

Even in the oil industry-the major revenue earner for the FG, this kind of double-dealing is not allowed. Why would the same seller forcefully withdraws her product from those who buy them and ask them to pay double for the same goods with same value and different package. Nigeria, where actually are we heading to? Its wrong in to-to.