DRIVERS TO GET LICENCE IN 2HRS – LAGOS

 The Lagos State Government says drivers will henceforth process and get their driving licences in two hours.

The government stated that about 302,000 driving licences were fully processed in the state from 2011, adding that 194, 000 applicants for drivers’ licences had yet to be processed out of the 511,030 applicants captured since 2011.

The Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, said this during the commissioning of the Motor Vehicle Agency’s One-Stop Centre, adding that the new centre would increase MVAA’s capacity to be the best in the provision of a cutting-edge vehicle documentation service and products.

He said, “The building we are commissioning today will afford every Lagosian the opportunity to fill their forms, access the internet, pay at the same point, visit the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency, Vehicle Inspection Services, do their data capture and get their temporary driver’s licence the same day within a maximum of two hours.

“Apart from that, we will also be able to procure the plate numbers for your vehicle and your individual licence renewal and other services. This is the way it should be and that is what we are offering Lagosians. The Temporary Vehicle Tag will be issued at the centre.”

He added that the agency had in the last three years captured about 50 per cent of the total vehicles in the country in the unified driver licences.

In his remarks, the governor, Babatunde Fashola, described the centre as part of the strategies embarked upon by the government to ensure transport efficiency in the state.

He added that the influx of vehicles in the state necessitated a holistic approach to make life easier for the residents.

“We now have over 3,000,000 passengers every months being moved on water by about 200 ferries, both privately owned and licenced, and we still hope to bring more ferries.

Fashola said the administration has also, through the Lagos State Road Traffic Law, reduced accidents and armed robberies in the state.