The Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) has warned
motorists to stop obtaining drivers licence through
proxy or risk going to jail.

The National Chairman, Conference of Directors of VIOs
of the federation, Mr. Bayo Otuyemi, sounded the note
of warning in his office in Abeokuta, the Ogun State
capital.

Otuyemi, the Commander of Ogun State Vehicle
Inspection Service (VIS), said VIOs must ensure that
drivers obtained genuine licence to ensure the creation
of a reliable data base.

He said this has been impossible in the past because
many motorists obtained licence through proxies.
He said some of the fatal crashes on the roads have
been attributed to lack of driving skills, poor road
signage knowledge and poor driving attitude all of
which showed that they never went through driving
school.

He said: “Some drivers when arrested as a result of
their inadequate knowledge of driving have been found
in possession of fake licences, while many have no
driving licence at all. They lacked in-depth knowledge
of the practical and theoretical aspects of driving
which they ought to have known before being given a
driver’s licence that qualifies them to drive. Due to
these shortcomings some of them lacked what it takes
to drive on the highways because they knew nothing
about traffic rules and regulations.”

He urged motorists to attend professional driving
schools to acquire the proper training to drive on the
highways and follow the due process of obtaining
driver’s licence. He said henceforth, whoever is caught
driving without the original driver’s licence will not only
be fined but risk a jail term.

The process of obtaining drivers’ licence, according to
him, has been linked with three agencies, State Board
of Internal Revenue, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)
and the Department of Vehicle Inspections Office.

He said applicants for driving licence must obtain
provisional driving licence and will be issued a full
driving licence on successful completion of the test
and practical driving examination by the Vehicle
Inspection Office.

“Anyone who obtained a driver’s licence by proxy from
any state or FRSC without being tested and certified
competent to drive on Nigeria roads by a qualified
vehicle inspection officer, may have been issued a fake
driving licence and would be prosecuted in the court
for driving with fake documents,” he added.

The VIO boss, strongly advised applicants for driving
licence to visit the nearest FRSC’s office, Vehicle
Inspection Office (VIO) or the State Board of Internal
Revenue, for better advice in the processing of
obtaining drivers’ licence instead of patronising touts.

Alternatively, applicants can submit an online
application and must be both practically and
theoretically tested and certified competent by a testing
officer before they are issued drivers’ licence.

He also appealed to both federal and states’ owned
road traffic management agencies to continue
improving on enforcement capacity, technologies and
public education/enlightenment campaign.

Otuyemi also urged corporate body/organisations and
commercial transport unions to join in the campaign
against lawless driving which has led to wanton
destruction of lives and property.

He also appealed to motorists to ensure that their
vehicles are in good condition before embarking on
any journey.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/drive-fake-licence-go-jail/.

Wow

Na 2day wey wrapper no get pocket?#nonsense

OK

Nigeria making empty threats to the masses since --yrs BC

Ok

Jail?

When you can just settle the officers who caught you be the road?

Certainly not in Nigeria.

The only way we can have sane drivers on the road is if we adopt the American style of obtaining driver's license.

I'm not sure of how it works, but we can give it a try.

Americans have the technology to manage drunk driving on the road but we don't and I'm afraid corruption won't let us reach that point.

We have been copying the wrong things from the West, i think this is a right thing to adopt.

Anyone who goes to jail for an offense like that in a Nigeria of today is an OZUO.

Nnn

I see

Anything fake should be related to jail term. So noting new

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Lol come n catch me na

no be Niger we dey?

Stories for the gods..... going to do fake now OYO

kk
but shey na today e don dey happen.
A lot of trailer driver for apapa wharf no go any driving school to acquire training, na motorboy dem use learn am.
its nt about driving school,
about the driving licence no your boys dey do am for people..

I was here
*kisses her validly gotten drivers licence*

lol so in nigeria dem still dey hold person ?
Abeg come over to warri dem nor hold one day "warri" the best country in south-east africa

I don't really like booking space o, But in France where I schooled, we get our licences the proper way

oh
well in saudi arabia its been done without noticing... please peeps come over to iraq

Stupid govt. parastatal wif lame modus operandi.
Jail term for such offence; what then will those political thieves be served?

This implies that over 60% of Nigerian drivers will go to jail because the agencies themselves don't perform the necessary tests before issuing the licence.

Corruption has also eaten deep into the system when officials are ready to collect 'shikini money' at the expense of the safety of the Nigerian populace.

GOD SAVE NIGERIA!!!

I'm in need of it but know how to get it.

Old story from a corrupt Nation_ next topic please

Okay

really

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