FRSC boss Boboye Oyeyemi
FRSC raises alarm over activities of unauthorised number plate vendors
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has again warned motorists in the country to desist from patronizing touts and unauthorized vendors when processing and obtaining their vehicle number plates.
Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, gave the warning, Friday, in a statement in Abuja, made available to the media by the organisation’s Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem.
According to FRSC, the warning has become necessary following reliable intelligence from the ongoing nationwide clampdown on the rising cases of unauthorized number plates in circulation that groups and individuals were engaged in issuance of unauthorised vehicle number plates to the public
“The special operation has so far revealed that a number of the motoring public are completely ignorant of the implications of using unauthorized number plates, hence their continuous patronage of touts for their vehicle registration and identification processes,” the statement said.
The Corps explained that it, as custodian of critical national intelligence infrastructure, has overtime admonished the public to always go through appropriate authorities when obtaining their vehicle number plates, because a proper vehicle registration is not only a catalyst to road safety, but national security; and the Corps is not ready to allow any road user become an instrument for the breach of laws and order guiding vehicle operation in the country.
The statement further quoted Oyeyemi , Corps Marshal, FRSC was quoted as saying; “The relevance of the National Vehicle Information Scheme in enhancing national security cannot be over emphasised at this critical time of our national development, as such, vehicle owners must endeavour to ensure that when registering their vehicles, the appropriate channel is religiously followed and third party involvement should be completely avoided in all aspect of vehicle registration.”
“Accordingly, all number plates produced by the FRSC can only be obtained by vehicle owners from the Motor Licensing Authorities of the various states and the FCT. Anything outside this makes you vulnerable to obtaining fake and unauthorised vehicle identification and such vehicles cannot be captured in the NVIS portal,” the corps warned.
