GOVERNOR BABATUNDE FASHOLA

Lagos Begins Replacement Of Old Number Plates Thursday.

The Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency, MVAA, will begin the replacement of the old vehicle number plates with the new national vehicle number plates in the state from Thursday.
Its Permanent Secretary, Akin Hanson, said owners of registered vehicles could replace the old number plates and also renew their vehicle licences at the MVAA’s 46 licensing offices across the state from Monday upon completion of necessary renewal forms and payment of prescribed fees.
“Vehicle owners applying for number plates’ replacement should visit any of the 46 licencing offices of the MVAA for a one-stop registration and completion of the replacement/issuance process.
“Alternatively, applicants can visit the website of Courteville Group (MVAA partners) at http://www.courtevillegroup.com/ for online completion of Form MVA01 before proceeding to the nearest licencing office with relevant documents to complete the issuance procedure,” he said.
According to him, the required documents included expired/existing vehicle licences, certificate of proof of ownership, sworn affidavit and police report, owner or representative’s passport photograph as well as valid means of identification such as international passport, driver’s licence or national identity card.
He added that applications and enquiries regarding confirmed fake registration numbers should be forwarded to the MVAA headquarters for consideration.
The inception of the replacement of old vehicle number plates is coming nine weeks after the state’s Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa flagged off the issuance of the new National Vehicle Number Plates on 16 November, 2011 with the issuance of the new plates to only owners of unregistered new or used imported vehicles.
Hanson said that the huge backlog of registration applications arising from the non-availability of number plates nationwide between September and October last year, which necessitated the phasing of the issuance of new vehicle number plates had been cleared, hence the commencement of the old number plates replacement phase.
He stated that special desks had been created at the licencing offices to enhance seamless simultaneous processing of applications by both the owners of new unregistered vehicles as well as registered vehicles with old number plates.