As stated by Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Commission, the agency will no longer enforce the deadline for the new number plate.
Oyeyemi stated this in an interview with journalists when he paid a courtesy visit on Governor Theodore Orji at the Government House in Umuahia.
He stated the agency would abide by the court ruling which restrained it from enforcing the proposal. He explained that motorists who still had the old number plate would rather get the new ones when they go to renew their vehicle licenses. In his words:
"We will abide by the court ruling. It was a case of double taxation to be compelled to have the new one if your licence has not expired. It is a phase approach. If your driving licence expires, you go and renew it. It is a 12-month cycle. There is no deadline again.
"That does not mean that if you carry a fake number plate or driving licence you will not be prosecuted," he stated.
The corps marshal, however, vowed that the agency would not back down on the June 1, 2015 deadline for the enforcement of the speed limit device.
He stated that by 2016, all imported vehicles in Nigeria must have speed limit device installed in them.