Lagos sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Vehicle Inspection Service, Ojodu office have raised alarm over abandoned Driver’s Licences in the state, expressing concern over Driver’s refusal to collect their licences.
The Federal Road Safety Commission, Lagos Sector command told Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State who visited the Vehicle Inspection Service Office, Ojodu, Lagos, recently to ensure that the process for drivers’ licenses were ready for collection, but was told that their owners had bluntly refused coming forth for collection.
While responding to the revelation, Governor Fashola said the state government and Federal Road Safety Commissioner would put on a thinking caps about how to create public awareness on the subject matters.
Speaking further, Fashola said, “I was told that about 20,000 people out there are yet to collect their licenses. They (drivers license facility agencies) are worried about the cost and may be they are thinking about how to publish the names on the internet or something.
FAshola directed all the agencies concerned to publicise the fact that over 20,000 licences were ready for collection across the state.
The governor who went through all process including eye and written tests with the VIS and photo data capture with the Federal Road Safety Commission was later issued a temporary driver’s licence.
He described his experience during the exercise as good, stressing that it was presumptuous to judge with his own experience since it could also be possible that he received a fast tracked treatment because of who he is.