Nigeria: All drivers must migrate to Biometric driving licence

Federal Road Safety Corps: all drivers must migrate to the new driving licence by August 31, 2012 (Punch)

The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive Officer, FRSC, Mr. Osita Chidoka, had said Nigeria was losing over N15bn annually to vendors of fake vehicle licences.

He explained that the introduction of a new driving licence, with new security features, would make it difficult for fraudsters to continue to forge the document.

Chidoka also said the new scheme would ensure the standardisation of the driving licence, reduce the processing time and guarantee a one-stop-shop for the processing of applications as well as physical capture of applicants’ biometric system.

15 billion Nigerian Naira ≈ 94 million US Dollars