The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Sector Command, says it will commence “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence” which will begin from November 4.
The move is part of efforts to enforce collection of abandoned licences in its offices.
Quoting the Sector Commander, Hyginus Omeje, DRC Olabisi Sonusi, the Acting Sector Public Education Officer, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, said the exercise will last for two weeks.
Omeje said that any driver caught without a valid licence would pay a N10, 000 fine.
“The special patrol is aimed at addressing the high incidences of driving without valid driver’s licence in Lagos.
“It will last for two weeks as most motorists who applied for driver’s licences never cared to collect them.
“Consequently, we have a total of 61, 221 uncollected permanent driver’s licences across the state offices,’’ Omeje said.
Omeje who frowned at the attitude of driving without a valid licence, reiterated that it was the only legal document that permitted anyone to drive on Nigerian roads.
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