Federal Road Safety Corps says the provision of the National Identification Number is now compulsory for all categories of vehicle registration.
FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement on Saturday.
He said effective from the second quarter of 2021, applicants for vehicle registration would be required to provide their NIN before their vehicles would be registered.
He added that the move was in total compliance with presidential directives.
Oyeyemi said, “Beginning from the second quarter of this year (2021), if you want to register your vehicle, it is going to be compulsory for you to provide your NIN. This is part of the security checks.
“So, once you provide your NIN, it makes the matter easier and helps the government in national planning, critical decision making and also enhance adequate Intelligence gathering for security of lives and properties.”
FRSC had mandated all applicants of the National Driver’s Licence in the country to present their National Identification Number before they could be captured for any class of the licences produced by the commission.
Federal Government through the Nigerian Communication Commission had ordered telecommunications companies to deactivate telephone lines of subscribers who failed to link their phones to their National Identity Number.
It also telcos subscribers with NIN have January 19 as deadline to link their NIN with their SIM cards while subscribers without NIN have until February 9 to do so.