*The Federal Road Safety Corps, as a custodian of critical national intelligence infrastructure in the country urges the motoring public to always approach appropriate authorities to obtain their vehicle number plates to enhance road safety and national security

Gbenga Kayode | 绿帽献妻

Following recent rising cases of unauthorised number plates in circulation, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), for the umpteenth time, has warned the Nigerian motorists to desist from patronising touts and unapproved vendors when processing and obtaining their vehicle number plates.

绿帽献妻 reports the FRSC, as the lead regulatory agency on road safety administration and management in Nigeria, stated this is pursuant to its primary role of advancing national security and safety of individuals through rigorous intelligence gathering linked to the among others.

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Mr. Bisi Kazeem, Corps Public Education Officer, who disclosed this development, said this warning came subsequent to reliable intelligence got from the ongoing nationwide clampdown on the rising cases of unauthorised number plates in circulation.

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Kazeem noted that the special operation has so far revealed that a number of the motorists are completely ignorant of the implications of using unauthorised number plates; hence their continuous patronage of touts for their vehicle registration and identification processes.

The Corps Spokesperson further explained that the FRSC, as a regulatory agency and Nigeria鈥檚 custodian of critical national intelligence infrastructure, has overtime admonished the motoring public to always go through appropriate authorities when obtaining their vehicle number plates.

This is important 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 operations in the country, said Kazeem.

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Dr. Oyeyemi was quoted to have stated further, that 鈥渢he relevance of the National Vehicle Information Scheme in enhancing national security cannot be over emphasised at this critical time of our national development.

鈥淎s 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.鈥�

Accordingly, the FRSC restated that all Number Plates produced by the Corps can only be obtained by vehicle owners from the Motor Licensing Authorities of the various states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

鈥淎nything outside this makes you vulnerable to obtaining fake and unauthorised vehicle identification and such vehicles cannot be captured in the ,鈥� the Corps warned.

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