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Corps
Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi
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The Federal Government
has approved the production of another driving licence that will have a
five-year expiry period, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr.
Boboye Oyeyemi, has said.
The
Punch report continues:
Oyeyemi,
who spoke at a press briefing in Lagos on Saturday, said the decision to have
the five-year driving licence was taken by the Joint Tax Board at its 134th
meeting held recently in Kano, which was presided over by the Chairman, Federal
Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler.
Before
now, the driving licence had a three-year terminal date after which motorists
were expected to renew the document.
Oyeyemi,
however, said the three-year driving licence would not be jettisoned, adding
that it would exist side by side with the new one.
He
said, with the new five-year driving licence, motorists would have the option
of going for that or the three-year licence.
Quoting
from a communiqué issued by the JTB after the meeting, the corps marshal said,
“The board has approved an optional validity period for driving licence of
three and five years at different costs to provide more efficient an effective
service delivery to its customers.”
According
to him, while the three-year licence will cost ₦6,000, motorists are to pay ₦10,000
for the five-year document, stressing that the cost has not been increased.
The
FRSC CEO stressed that any new applicant for any of the two driving licences
would have to go to an approved driving school for training to qualify for a
licence to drive.
One
other decision taken at the JTB meeting was the production period for vehicle
number plate, which the FRSC would henceforth complete in five working days.
Oyeyemi
also cleared the air on the recent court pronouncement on the speed limiter,
noting that it only declared that the corps should not fix the gadget’s price
or market it but it could enforce the use of device in commercial vehicles.
“I’ve
never spoken about prices and marketing since the speed limiting device
campaign started. We’re not involved in that. Ours is the enforcement of the
device. We’re only concerned about what can bring down road crashes,” he said.
He
expressed satisfaction with the success so far recorded with the speed limiting
device and commended various transport groups and firms that had bought into
the idea.
For
instances, he said a number of transport companies had purchased vehicles
affixed with the speed limiting device now being deployed in long distance
routes.
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