The FRSC insisted that the new scheme had modern
security features and would enhance safe motoring, with the introduction
of owner’s bio-data and traceable identification marks.
The National Association of Road Transport Owners,
the Justice and Law Enforcement Reformation Organisation and other
stakeholders, however, opposed the scheme on the grounds that it was an
“unnecessary” burden on Nigerians.
The FRSC and other stakeholders in road transport
management had appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on
FRSC in Abuja.
The committee, which is headed by Mr. Nasiru Sani,
has the mandate of the House to conduct an “investigative hearing on the
planned phasing out of the old vehicle number plates and driver’s
licence”.
The Corps Marshall and Chief Executive Officer of the
FRSC, Mr. Osita Chidoka, told the committee the security and safety
advantages of the scheme outweighed the reservations being expressed by
some people.
“We are not imposing any additional costs on
Nigerians, when compared with the security and safety gains of this
scheme,” he added.
He informed the committee that it took the FRSC four
years to get the scheme in place, having realised that the old one had
been rendered useless.
Chidoka stated that the scheme was discussed with the Joint Tax Board, which recommended the appropriate cost.
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