RTEAN seeks to participate in motor plate pricing

President of RTEAN, Musa Isiwele Shehu made the request in Abuja when the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Osita Chidoka attended RTEAN’s NEC meeting.Shehu requested for RTEAN to be included on the membership of the Joint Task Board (JTB), the body that is responsible for fixing of amount for new number […]

President of RTEAN, Musa Isiwele Shehu made the request in Abuja when the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Osita Chidoka attended RTEAN’s NEC meeting.
Shehu requested for RTEAN to be included on the membership of the Joint Task Board (JTB), the body that is responsible for fixing of amount for new number plates in the country, while calling for the old number plates to be traded in for new ones instead of outright change as proposed by the Federal Road Safety Corps.
He said, “If you want to fix amount for the purchase of a new number plates, we the transporters need to be represented at the board and discuss the price together. Because at the end of the day, it is the transporters that will purchase the number plate, so is necessary that we also have representation in the board.
“We are also appealing to the authorities to rather than outright change of the new number plate, it should be replaced with the old ones because we purchase the old ones with money, if they are producing new ones, they should collect the old ones and give us the new ones, if not their efforts would be in vein.”
Represented by Corps Commander in charge of Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme (RTSSS) Mr. O. O. Familoni, the Corps Marshal said the FRSC plans to introduce a mandatory certificate of professional competence for commercial drivers so as to reduce road accidents in the country.