FRSC Threatens Clamp Down On Use Of Temporary Driver’s Licence

<p><em>FRSC threatens clamp down<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that the Sector Commander&comma; Federal Road Safety Corps&comma; Lagos Sector Command&comma; Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide on Wednesday admonished motorists driving with temporary driver&&num;8217&semi;s licence to pick up their Permanent Driver&&num;8217&semi;s Licence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement signed by Route Commander Olabisi Sonusi&comma; FRSC Public Education Officer and made available to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">NAOSRE<&sol;a>&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ogungbemide decried the huge number of permanent driver&&num;8217&semi;s licence lying fallow at various capturing centres&comma; saying that the appeal has become necessary to offload all uncollected licences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; there are no fewer than 55&comma;501 unclaimed permanent driver&&num;8217&semi;s licence across the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Corps is currently making frantic efforts by phone calls to applicants as a form of encouragement towards picking up their Permanent Driver&&num;8217&semi;s Licence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said that the command would observe the responses of applicants for few days before commencing operation to clamp down on those still driving with the temporary driver&&num;8217&semi;s licence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ogungbemide urged that motorists should be concerned about the very important driving document&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the National Road Traffic Regulations 2012 Section 67 &lpar;1&rpar; states that &&num;8220&semi;Any person driving a vehicle on any public road shall be in possession of an original driver&&num;8217&semi;s licence but where the person is in possession of the photocopy of the original driver&&num;8217&semi;s licence he shall within 24 hours produce the original driver&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">licence<&sol;a> to the appropriate authority if demanded&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He reiterated that the command would not leave any stone unturned to sanitise the road from those who are not expected to use it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;