The Senate yesterday cut the price of the new number plates and vehicle registration by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) by 30 per cent.
They also lifted the ban on the issuance of new number plates and driver’s license by the commission and barred the police from conducting another vehicle registration.
This followed the adoption of recommendations of its Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, chaired by Senator Awaisu Kuta.
The upper chamber also resolved that the deadline for compliance with the new scheme be extended from August 2012 to February 2013.
In his presentation, Chairman of the committee, Awaisu Kuta, said “The current suspension of the issuance of the new driver’s licence and vehicle number plates now in its fourth month, which has resulted in a huge backlog of demands for these items by the motorists? should be lifted immediately taking into account 30 percent reduction.”
They also directed the police to “suspend the introduction of Bio-metric Central Motor Registry (BCMR) and the N3, 500 that goes with it as this is an additional burden and unnecessary duplication of the on-going scheme by the FRSC on the vehicle owner which is capable of translating into hike in transport fare for commuters.”