The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has implemented automobile licensing and registration technologies.
The FCTA issued the statement signed by Muhammad Hazat Sule, Director, Information & Communication, FCT, on Thursday, March 16, 2023,
According to the statement, the e-license and registration are part of efforts to reform the transportation sector in order to provide quality service to Territory inhabitants by utilising contemporary technology to improve the process of vehicle licencing and registration.
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, represented by the Permanent Secretary, FCTA, Olusade Adesola, during the unveiling of the Online Vehicle and License Registration Portal, said the e-process of Vehicle license and registration is an innovation by the government to enhance its Ease of Doing Business, thereby, saving the motoring public the several hours that would have been lost undergoing the process manually.
Bello said Abuja is the fastest growing city in the World, and the use of technology in service delivery to the public is inevitable and would greatly curtail incidences of traffic congestion and rowdiness associated with the conduct of manual registration of vehicles by the officials of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS).
“Leveraging technology in this manner is, therefore, unavoidable in order to improve efficiency within the system, and it is our intention to deploy similar measures to other service providing sectors of the FCT Administration”. He said.
The Minister expressed his displeasure over brazen disregard for road traffic rules and regulations, saying it is disheartening to see some drivers willfully violate traffic laws.
He, therefore, charged officials of the DRTS and other security agencies to ensure total compliance with road regulations by motorists and promptly apprehend violators of traffic lights.
Also speaking at the event, Permanent Secretary, FCTA, Olusade Adesola, said the e-registration, which is a self-service vehicle registration process would be seamless, real-time and less cumbersome.
He explained that with the introduction of the scheme, residents could transact their businesses of vehicle registration from the comfort of their homes and offices, thereby reducing human interface.
He noted that the e-process would drastically curb incidences of touting, racketeering and other unpleasant practices that negatively affect the integrity of the process and database of the FCT motor-vehicle registration.
Adesola said that henceforth, the FCT Administration would arrest and impound vehicles without plate numbers in the Territory and directed officials of DRTS (Directorate of Road Traffic Service) to rise to the challenge.
The Director of DRTS, Bello Abdul-Lateef, also bemoaned the manual process of Motor Vehicle Registration, which he said was characterized by unwholesome activities of touts and unnecessary Administrative procedures that hindered the effective and efficient Motor registration process.
The Director assured that the introduction of the technology based motor licensing and registration process would be a game changer in the registration of vehicles and traffic management in the FCT.
The FCT Administration, therefore, urged the motoring public to take advantage of this online registration and platform to access the services on the following link – https://selfservice.fctevreg.com/