The
Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs has
recommended the reduction of the price of the new standard motor vehicle number
plates from N15,000 to N8,400 and driver’s license from N6,000 to N4,000.The
committee also directed that the Federal Road Safety Commission should
forthwith lift the ban on the issuance of the new number plates and licenses
which were hitherto suspended.The recommendations were contained in the
committee’s report following an investigation into the issue of new number
plates and the public outcry against it.The committee also ordered that the
cost of motor cycle number plates put at N3,000 should be immediately reverted
to the old price of N1,500, implying that the licenses should also remain at
N75.It also ordered the cessation of the e-coding scheme and the collection of
N2,000 fee per vehicle by the FCT VIO, and urged it to collaborate with and
integrate with the FRSC.The report recommended that, “The FRSC should call for
the replacement of driver’s licenses only at the point of renewal at the
expiration to avoid double payment.The committee also noted that the August
2012 deadline for the change was no longer realistic, citing the exorbitant
cost and the time lapse during the National Assembly’s intervention.It further
recommended that the Police should cease its Biometric Central Motor Registry
which would also attract N3,500 from vehicle owners, saying that it would
amount to duplication and additional burden on Nigerians.“The Police Force
should synergise their idea of biometric data collection and collaborate with
FRSC which already has an existing data base. The Police should forthwith
suspend the introduction of the BCMR and the N3,500 that goes with it,” the
committee said.Other details of the recommendation showed that articulated
vehicles will now pay N11, 200, instead of the N20,000 stipulated by the FRSC;
while privileged numbers and fancy or personalised numbers were left as
recommended by the FRSC…CKNThe
Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs has
recommended the reduction of the price of the new standard motor vehicle number
plates from N15,000 to N8,400 and driver’s license from N6,000 to N4,000.The
committee also directed that the Federal Road Safety Commission should
forthwith lift the ban on the issuance of the new number plates and licenses
which were hitherto suspended.The recommendations were contained in the
committee’s report following an investigation into the issue of new number
plates and the public outcry against it.The committee also ordered that the
cost of motor cycle number plates put at N3,000 should be immediately reverted
to the old price of N1,500, implying that the licenses should also remain at
N75.It also ordered the cessation of the e-coding scheme and the collection of
N2,000 fee per vehicle by the FCT VIO, and urged it to collaborate with and
integrate with the FRSC.The report recommended that, “The FRSC should call for
the replacement of driver’s licenses only at the point of renewal at the
expiration to avoid double payment.The committee also noted that the August
2012 deadline for the change was no longer realistic, citing the exorbitant
cost and the time lapse during the National Assembly’s intervention.It further
recommended that the Police should cease its Biometric Central Motor Registry
which would also attract N3,500 from vehicle owners, saying that it would
amount to duplication and additional burden on Nigerians.“The Police Force
should synergise their idea of biometric data collection and collaborate with
FRSC which already has an existing data base. The Police should forthwith
suspend the introduction of the BCMR and the N3,500 that goes with it,” the
committee said.Other details of the recommendation showed that articulated
vehicles will now pay N11, 200, instead of the N20,000 stipulated by the FRSC;
while privileged numbers and fancy or personalised numbers were left as
recommended by the FRSC…CKN