Monday 25 April 2016

FG Okays Five-Year Expiry Date For Driving Licence

The Federal Government has approved the production of driving licence that will have a five-year expiry date. The Corps Marshal and chief executive officer of Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr.
Boboye Oyeyemi, announced this at a press briefing in Lagos on Saturday, said the decision to have the five-year driving licence was taken by the Joint Tax Board at its 134th meeting held recently in
Kano, which was presided over by the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler.Before now, the driving licence had a three-year terminal date after which motorists were expected to renew the document.Oyeyemi, however, said the three-year driving licence would not be jettisoned, adding that it would exist side by side with the new one.


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