Calabar, Nigeria – The issue of Driver’s Licence is yet to go away as Nigerians are erring their displeasure over the Licence Office’s poor services over time.
Taking to social media to err the incompetence of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the office responsible for issuing licences, Tom Alims, an influencer said he’s been waiting for about six months to get his Driver’s Licence.
Meanwhile, this same office expects Nigerians to have everything in their vehicles, including a small hand towel or similar items.
Alims who started a thread on Facebook on Wednesday, wrote:
“How long did you wait to get your valid Driver’s Licence?
“I’ve been waiting since June 2024.
“I asked the Officer at the office today why the delay, he had no answer to give. He only said “It will be out by end of January 2025,” but he revalidated my temporary license until March 2025.
“Make I put hope for January, abi make I just forget about this thing until any year wey e go come?
“FRSC, you can do better.”
The thread has generated lots of comments, with Moses Ogri, a fashion designer, saying he got his licence three months before the expiry date the last time.
“The last license I did, I got it 3 months to the expiration date.
“This year, I decided to drive without a license. I no Dey do gentleman like that anymore,” Ogri wrote.
Other comments that followed the thread are as follows:
“Since January still not gotten” – Tina Ofem
“I waited for 4 months plus” – Timothy Ofere
“I got a temporary one a month after registration, and three months after the temporary one was issued, I got my permanent license. I did mine in Owerri, Imo State” – Agiande Clifford
“My own don expire if I renew make bend. I can’t be paying that money when I can’t access basic amenities” – Fred Obi
“Mine took four months and one revalidation. I did it last year… By 2028 Nov 18th, e go expire and I hope they’ll do better by then” – Egoh Ayamba
“I got mine when I applied within three months but my friend who applied long before me hasn’t gotten his till now and it’s more than a year plus now… This delay tactics was the reason I went for the one of 5yrs d last time I went for renewal. Na till 2028 before I go get business with them if my own no lost” – Francis Finian Offionor
“Since January, almost 1 year still not gotten. E get as e be” – Duke Asiniel
“I have been waiting for mine since 2023” – Madonna Onenu Aniah
“My bro ordinarily it takes up to 6 months, but inasmuch as the temporary one as been revalidated, it serves the same purpose” – Samuel Ede
“It took me six months before I get my original license here in Calabar” – Hon. Clement Gyanggyang
“Since March, I just got mine yesterday” – T-Jay Jamilu
Converseer reports that the issuance of Driver’s Licences and other Government Identity (ID) cards in Nigeria is like rocket science – the reason the country is yet to have a sustainable database.
