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  • Police to begin clampdown on vehicles without number plates

    Police to begin clampdown on vehicles without number plates

    Police  in the Nigeria’s capital, Abuja will begin a clampdown on vehicles without number plates.

    The police made their plans known through a statement on Saturday.

    According to the statement, the FCT Police Command spokesperson Josephine Adeh said the move is part of efforts to curb crime in the area.

    The statement reads “The FCT Police Command has observed with serious concern the manner in which motorists drive around the territory with single or no number plates and car dealers beyond the stipulated time, which is 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. Section 25 (5) of the Federal Capital Territory Road Transport Regulation Act, 2005,” the statement read.

    “It is no news that several recorded cases of armed robbery, popularly known as ‘one chance,’ are mostly associated with vehicles with single or no number plates. This unlawful act has pricked the attention of the populace, who have now begun to question the effectiveness of the police in addressing the menace.

    “Consequent to the above, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, psc, mni, has given a marching order that vehicles plying the roads with a single or no number plate should be impounded, with the driver arrested and prosecuted. Also, he warns car dealers against parking their vehicles in an unauthorised parking lot and driving beyond the stipulated time, which is six o’clock p.m., as defaulters will be made to face the full wrath of the law.”

  • Edo Revenue Board announces availability of number plates

    Edo Revenue Board announces availability of number plates

    Edo State Internal Revenue (EIRS) says it has taken delivery of number plates from Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), thus ending its long months of scarcity in the state.

    Head, Corporate Communications unit of EIRS, Mr Egboigbe Courage, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Benin.

    He said that the receipt of the number plates was part of the organisation’s mandate to render value-added services to members of the public.

    According to Courage, the number plates are available at its corporate headquarters in Benin and its branch offices across the state.

    “EIRS regrets the inconveniences caused by the non-availability of number plates, which was due to the turn-around maintenance carried out at the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) production plants across the country,” he said.

    Courage urged all vehicle, tricycle and motorcycle owners to get their expired vehicle documentation or particulars validated, as driving with expired vehicle particulars was a contravention of the extant road traffic laws.

    “For further enquiries and complaints, motorists and number plate applicants should contact EIRS on 0813 097 0146, 0809 203 8444, visit www.eirs.gov.ng or send e-mail to info@eirs.gov.ng.,” he said.

  • VIO blows hot on vehicle users with faded number plates in FCT

    VIO blows hot on vehicle users with faded number plates in FCT

    Public Relations and Enlightenment Officer of the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) in the FCT, Mr Kalu Emetu, has disclosed that Stiff penalties await operators of vehicles with faded number plates in FCT.

    Mr Kalu Emetu, made the declaration when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.

    He said the newly-appointed FCT VIO Director, Mr Abdul-Lateef Bello issued the warning while addressing VIO personnel on the need for strict enforcement of rules and regulations.

    Bello told the personnel also that it was important to ensure that rickety vehicles and commercial motorcycles stayed off FCT roads.

    He said that the inappropriate use of VIO’s Off-the-Road Form on defaulters within the territory led to increased presence of vehicles meant to actually be off the road.

    Emetu quoted Bello as also saying that more efforts would be channelled to traffic control and management as those areas had not projected the directorate positively to Nigerians.

    Bello said the Federal Government planned to use better technology to man roads for better vehicle inspection.

    He said cameras would soon be deployed for road monitoring so that defaulters would be recognised technologically and charged appropriately.

    He said also that the resurgence of operations of commercial motorcycles along Airport Road and Lugbe Areas which had been banned since 2006 was a major concern for the VIO.

    The FCT VIO boss ordered the immediate establishment of “Pin-down points’’ at every intersection along the Airport Road.

    According to him, the FCT has a model and anything that will not give it such prominence will not be tolerated.

  • Lagos denies increasing motor vehicle registration, number plate rates

    The Lagos State Government on Tuesday debunked rumours of increase in the cost of processing motor vehicle particulars and application for number plates, saying the rates remain the same across the State.

    A statement by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan said the clarification became necessary in response to enquiries by members of the public who are genuinely concerned about the rumours of increases in charges relating to the motor vehicle administration.

    Bamigbetan said anyone with evidence of any increase in motor registration rates from any of the official Centres managed by the Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Authority (MVAA) should report to the agency or the Ministry of Transportation.

    According to him, “Although, the cost of maintaining the roads and expanding infrastructures which ease the operations of vehicles is enormous, the Lagos State Government shall continue to bear the burden of keeping the roads motorable and safe for all users.”

    He said some mischief makers were desperately exploiting the challenges posed to the government by the new Land Use Charge Law which seeks to raise more money for the provision of public infrastructures for the benefit of all, to misinform the public.

    It would be recalled that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had also debunked insinuations that many tax items were reviewed upward, saying that the claim was not true.

    Speaking to journalists after leading a symbolic walk against sexual and domestic violence on Monday in Alausa, Governor Ambode said his administration was very sensitive to the people, and would not go all out to deliberately overburden them.

    “I want Lagosians to understand one particular issue. We have over 300 tax items for which nothing has been touched apart from this Land Use Charge and maybe one other. But again, we are a very responsive government; we are very sensitive because at the end of the day, governance is about the people; it is about what they want.

    “Yes, people might like that infrastructural development is on the progressive chart in Lagos but also it comes with a price. But notwithstanding in the middle of all that, a responsive government will listen to the yearnings of her people.

    “At the end of the day, it’s all for the development of Lagos. What this government is interested in is to create a trajectory and framework of permanent prosperity for Lagos. It is not about today, it is about the future and if there is going to be permanent prosperity in Lagos, some things have to be done but I can tell you based on the dialogue and the things we have been receiving on the Land Use Charge, obviously we would respond positively to those yearnings,” Governor Ambode said.