Agencies In N’West Clamp Down On Unlicensed Motorcycle Operators

Federal and State agencies in Northwest say they are taking measures towards ensuring that motorcycles without licence do not ply highways in their states.
Responding to newsmen’s survey on the menace of non-licensed motorcycles, officers incharge of the agencies said apart from boosting the revenue generation capacity of states, ensuring that motorcycles were licensed was desirable considering the security challenges in those states.
Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna State Sector Command, Mr Hafiz Mohammed, said unlicensed motorcycles were not allowed to operate on any road in the country.
He stated that the Kaduna state government had set up a Joint Task Force in the three major towns of Kaduna, Kafanchan and Zaria, to check unlicenced motorcycles.
He said motorcycles found not to have been registered would be confiscated, to be released only when the needful had been done.
Sector Commander, FRSC in Kebbi State, Alhaji Yusuf Haruna, said his command was conducting routine sensitisation on the need for motorcycle owners to register same.
He said the enlightenment campaigns were being carried out in motor parks, mosques, churches, workplaces and transport terminals.
Haruna said that the campaigns were being conducted alongside routine patrols, to apprehend riders of unlicensed motorcycles, just as culprits were fined N10,000 for not doing the needful.
On his part, the Executive Chairman of Kebbi State Board of Internal Revenue Services, Alhaji Iliyasu Arzika-Jega, said they had intensified effort at ensuring that motorcycles were registered to boost internally generated revenue.
Sector Commander of FRSC in Zamfara State, Mr Iro Danladi, said concerted efforts were being made to check the use of motorcycles that had not been licenced.
He told The Tide source that apart from the revenue accruable from registering motorcycles, there was the security aspect in view of the current security challenges in the state and the Northwest geopolitical zone in general.
On its part, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Sokoto State said it had been apprehending persons riding motorcycles that had not been registered.
Sector Commander in the state, Mr Kaugama Kabo, said that average of 25 to 30 defaulters were being apprehended weekly.
Kabo however said that considering the population of motorcyclists in the state, there was need for collaboration with NSCDC, Police,Sokoto Marshals and the State Internal Revenue Service.
Sector Commander of the FRSC in Katsina State, Mr. Ali Tanimu, said the Corps was working in synergy with Katsina Board of Internal Revenue Service to ensure that commercial and non-commercial motor cycle operators obtained licences and other relevant documents.
He said the operators had been given up till June 1st, 2022, to comply or face the wrath of law.
In Kano State, the FRSC said it would commence special patrol to impound unlicensed and unregistered motorcycles in the state.