Mr Hyginus Omeje, the Lagos State Sector
Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps
(FRSC) has disclosed that 56, 767 driving
licences were yet to be collected by their
owners.
FRSC officials
Omeje who disclosed this on Saturday in an
interview urged the owners of the licences to
collect them as the command would soon
embark on “Operation Show Your Driving
Licence.’’
He added that the corps would embark on the
mission across all units of the command.
“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 licenses 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 our messages,’’ the
FRSC boss said.
Omeje frowned at the attitude of some road
users driving without valid licences saying that
such licences remained the only certification
to drive on the road.
According to him, the fine for a driver driving
without a valid licence is N10, 000 and the
offender must produce the licence within 24
hours.
Omeje said that if after 24 hours such
offender could not produce a valid licence, the
vehicle of such offender would be impounded.
He said that in such situation, it would be
assumed that the driver was not licensed to
drive.
Omeje said 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.
He, however, revealed that between Feb. 26
and March 2, no fewer than 4, 644 licenses
were collected by the applicants.