Hyginus Omeje, the Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, has announced its decision to embark on ‘Operation Show Your Driving Licence.’
During an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday, Omeje urged the owners of the yet-to-be collected licenses to pick them up,adding that the corps would embark on the mission across all units of the command.
The FRSC boss said:
“We are embarking on this assignment so that motorists will come to our office to collect their driving’ licences. “We have no backlog of new driving licences in Lagos State.
There are 56,767 licences yet to be collected by their owners. We have sent SMS to their owners that their licences are ready for collection but they ignored responding to our messages.’’
Frowning at the attitude of some road users driving without valid licences, he said that such licences remained the only certification to drive on the road.
According to him, the fine for driving without a valid licence is N10,000 and the offender must produce the licence within 24 hours.
Further speaking, he said that if after 24 hours such offender could not produce a valid licence, the vehicle of such offender would be impounded and in such situation, it would be assumed that the driver was not licensed to drive.
Omeje added that the corps was not interested in the fines or depriving anyone the comfort of his vehicle, but advised motorists to do the right thing and be safety conscious
