Senate has ordered the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC to stop issuing new vehicle number plates and driver’s license.

The order was upon the adoption of a motion on new number and driver’s sponsored by Senator Dahiru Kuta and 19 others in which they condemned the indiscriminate fees charged by the FRSC on the new number plates and driver’s license.

Senators during the consideration of the motion on Wednesday described the new vehicle number plates issued by the commission as illegal noting that act that set up FRSC does not empower it to issue number plates.

Moving the motion, Kuta lamented that FRSC has abandoned it primary mandates of ensuring safety on Nigeria roads by turning itself into revenue generating agency.

Kuta said, “The commission was not established principally as a revenue generating agency for states or Federal Government, but the commission in recent times has embarked on frequent and arbitrary introduction and reintroduction of vehicle number plates and driver’s licenses.

“The new driver’s license which the commission launched in 2011 is now issued for N6000 as against the N3000 while the new number plates have suddenly jumped from N5000 to an astronomical N15, 000.

“The exorbitant cost of the driver’s license and vehicle plate number is meant to financially improvised Nigerians because the amount is exploitative, prohibitive and insensitive for a population that is already facing challenges of harsh economic conditions.”
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For once, I laud the senate for stopping the FRSC from further impoverishing Nigerians. I wonder what'd become of the old license plates. I wish the senate'd order them to refund Nigerians the excess money paid on the new license plates and driver's license and start re-issuing the old ones with immediate effect.

A welcome development.

Welcome development indeed

Privatisation and comercialisation of FRSC halted.

thank God! Was abt goin to do a new drivers license today! Frsc, barawo banza

Moderator please move to front page. This is great news indeed

I learnt FRSC are disturbing motorists without the new number plate despite this injunction. What is the situation in your area?.