The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said that the agency remained a safety corps and not a revenue- generating agency.
The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem said this in an interview on Thursday in Abuja.
Kazeem said that it had become neccessary for the Corps to serve this as a warning to those circulating fake news on the prices of number plates and driver’s licence.
There had been a report doing the rounds that FRSC had increased the price of number plates and driver’s license tagging it as a revenue-generating agency.
The reports stated that registration of new blue number plate was now 55, 000, registration of new red number plate 65,000, and registration of new articulated number plate 100,000
The report said change of ownership with new blue number plate was N70,000; change of ownership with new red number plate was N80, 000, change of ownership with new articulated number plate was N115,000
Transfer of existing number plate from one vehicle to another was 35,000.
Replacement of lost number plate was 36,000
Fresh issuance of drivers’ licence -N38,000 for five years; N33,000 for three years; renewal for N22, 500 for five years and N18,000 for three years.
Kazeem said that the noble mandate of the FRSC was to make the nation’s highway safe for motorists and other road users across the country.
According to him, Federal Road Safety Commission was not set up as a revenue- generation agency but to ensure the protection of life and property on the road.
He said that the news doing the round that FRSC had increased the prices of number plates and driver’s licence was not true.
He said “The Price increase is from Joint Tax Board (JTB) and not from FRSC. However, the approved price for articulated vehicle number plate is 30,000.
“Motor vehicle driver’s licence price for three year is 10,000 while 15,000 is for five years. Standard private and commercial vehicle number place is 18,750 respectively.
“Implementation of the revised rates for vehicles number plates and driver’s license in Nigeria commences on Aug. 1 according to Joint Task Board, ” he said.
Kazeem solicited the support and cooperation of Journalists especially in publicising the activities of the corps saying that the media needed to verify before reporting.
He urged members of the public to note that only the Joint Tax Board (JTB) has the statutory powers to review the prices of the items in question adding that it was the Board that approved the price reviewed.
He further appealed to the motoring public to continue to ensure their vehicles were properly registered as it enhances the security of the vehicles.
Reports show that the last review on the prices of number plates and driver’s licence was done in 2011.
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