The Directorate of Road Traffic Service (DTRS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FVT) has announced the suspension of the registration of motorcycles for courier services.
Mr. Kalu Emetu, the Public Relations Officer of the DTRS disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Abuja.
Emetu said that the suspension which became effective two weeks ago was to ensure sanity on roads in the FCT.
“We ended the registration of courier or dispatch motorbikes two weeks back. The reason is that we have seen the number is enough with the number we want to operate within the territory.
“We have about 2,000 at the moment. The implication is that if we register more, they will be everywhere, people will start seeing them constituting nuisance to the territory than even the conventional ones,” the DRTS spokesman said.
He warned that any person who operates without registering will have his motorcycle impounded.
On number plates, the DRTS official said the plates have security features that made it difficult to forge.
“The number plates we give are customized, mere looking at them we will know those that are registered by us or those that are not, at a glance. So, it will be difficult to forge.
“This is because they come with some security features. Even if you get it from the people within, we will still get to know by way of checking our records.“
