The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has frowned at the rate of fake number plates by commercial motorcyclists in Nasarawa State.
Corps Commander Lucia Samuel-Mhii, Nasarawa State Sector Commander of FRSC stated this in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Lafia.
The sector commander explained that from her investigation, she discovered that some dealers were selling motor cycles with fake and unregistered number plates.
She said that the attitude cannot be tolerated and advised motorcyclist without registration to do so in order to avoid sanction.
Commander Samuel-Mhii also said that the corps would work with traditional rules, the state government and other stakeholders to stop the activities of those perpetrating the act of selling motor cycles with fake number plates.
She further said that the command was planning a joint enforcement on fake number plates and unregistered vehicles and motorcycle in the state.
She explained that the enforcement operation would have their personnel, state government, traditional rulers as officials of motorcyclists as well as other unions in the state.
On her plans as the new FRSC boss in the state, she said that part of her roadmap is to reduce road crashes to it barest minimum through partnership, sensitisation and enforcement of traffic rules.
She added that their are influx of commercial motorcyclists from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja and other Northern States as well as other states that banned the operation of commercial motorcyclists.
“The influx has led to a situation where there are a lot of commercial motorcyclists operating in the state thereby constituting threat on the highways especially in Lafia, the state capital.
“Most of commercial motorcyclists were not registered with their unions and we will work with the unions to ensure they all register for easy regulation and control,” she added.
The commander said that she had interacted with the six different unions of commercial motorcyclists and National Union of Road Transport Workers and they all promised to corporate with them.
She took over the leadership of the commander from Corps Commander Sabo Innocent-Maigari on May 6, as the 16th sector commander. (NAN).