Press Release
Re: NANS threatens to Shutdown FRSC Command
The attention of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been drawn to a purported threat issued by the National Body of the National Association of the Nigerian Students (NANS) as reported in some media platforms to shutdown any command of the Corps that impounds their vehicles in the ongoing special operations aimed at curbing the use of fake vehicle number plates on their vehicles.
The special operations which is a fallout from the increasing abuse of the Nigerian number plates by organizations and faceless individuals who desire to drag the nation back to the olden days of indiscriminate, unregistered and irregular use of number plates with the aim of undermining the gains of enhanced security uniformity, data storage and retrieval under the National Uniform Licensing Scheme (NULS).
In addition, the Special operations was necessitated by reports of forgery and duplication of number plates by some reputable Nigerians and organizations hence if immediate remedial actions are not taken against the trend, the nation’s security could be compromised, bearing in mind that majority of crimes are vehicles related.
It is therefore, difficult to comprehend that Nigerian students who are supposed to be at the forefront of a law abiding nation would resort to issuing such threats to FRSC , an organisation committed to bringing sanity and regularity to our vehicle registration system for the resolution of vehicle related crimes and the enhancement of National security, which is pivotal to proper vehicle identification and resolution to the insanity and chaos that characterize the number plates system in the past.
The FRSC Management therefore, calls on the NANS leadership to reconsider and withdraw the reported threats as FRSC Commanding Officers nationwide have been directed not to succumb to any intimidation or threats by individual or organizations in the guise of promoting acts likely to compromise the objects of the National Vehicle Identification Scheme and national Security while carrying out their statutory responsibilities of keeping the nation’s highways safe and secure for all road users.
Meanwhile the Corps is open to dialogue with the Leadership of National Association of the Nigerian Students for more information and understanding on the ongoing operations.
Signed:
Olusegun Ogungbemide, mni, FISPON, anipr
Assistant Corps Marshal
Corps Public Education Officer,
Federal Road Safety Corps National Headquarters, Abuja
cpeo@frsc.gov.ng
4 February, 2025.
