The Corps Marshal of the Federal
Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr
Boboye Oyeyemi, has revealed
the real cost of obtaining a
driver’s licence in the country. FRSC boss, Boboye Oyeyemi The Nigerian Tribune reported that,
Boboye, while speaking in Abuja,
said the real cost of obtaining
a driver’s licence from the corp
was N6,350. He made the
disclosure on Tuesday, at a one- day workshop organised by the
commission for members of
security agencies in the country on
verification procedure of DL and
number plates. The FRSC boss said citizens can get
their licences in licencing offices
nationwide, adding that those,
who gave other people money and
passports to collect licences for
them were doing themselves a lot of harm. READ ALSO: FRSC States New Dates For New Number Plate Collection “Members of the public who give
money and passport size
photograph to anybody in order to
collect driver’s licence are doing
disservice to themselves. “Going through third party costs
more money and produces fake
licence to unsuspecting applicants,
which is an offence. Cost of original
driver’s licence is N6,350 and the
applicant must go for biometrics at any licensing office across the
country to obtain the licence. “This is safer and costs less
compared to the ones that pay
third party for driver’s licence and
at the end of the day, they will be
apprehended for carrying fake
licence,” Boboye said. Boboye also stated that, it was a
criminal offence for anyone to
carry fake drivers licence, adding
that those found with fakes drivers
licence will be prosecuted. Various Nigerian have been
complaining that the FRSC was
charging too much to get drivers
licence. Nigerians pay as much as
15,000 to 17,000 Naira to obtain a
drivers licence.

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[size=20pt]if this is true den I will obtain 2 for my self and one for Simba my DoG[/size]