FRSC Orders Clamp Down On Unregistered Motorcycles

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed its 37 sector commanders to commence with immediate effect, full force enforcement on any motorcycle seen without appropriate registration.

The Acting Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, gave the directive, following the imminent need to comply with the Federal Government’s order on clamping down on a horde of unregistered motorcycles, the Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer of FRSC, Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement on Monday.

“The order was necessitated by the state of insecurity and the need to curb it by bringing to a halt the continuous operations of these categories of vehicles without registration on our roads, Kazeem stated.

According to him, the Acting Corps Marshal is worried by the increasing number of unregistered motorcycles plying the roads, necessitating the “urgent need to ensure all two-wheel vehicles are duly captured in the National Vehicle Identification Scheme database.”

Laying particular emphasis on the security implications of not capturing all motorcycles in the national database, he charged the sector commanders to immediately liaise with the boards of internal revenue in their respective states to set up a task force in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other security agencies where necessary, including Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) and other stakeholders for effective enforcement.

“The directive also conveyed that the unregistered motorcycles are to be impounded while the owners are mandated to commence and complete full registration of the motorcycles before they are released.

“The operation is aimed at getting unregistered motorcycles registered and documented in the national database. Therefore, operatives may not issue a notice of offense tickets to the operators. However, all motorbikes impounded must be fully documented,” he added.