Good day. I have just left the licencing office on old Aba Road in Port Harcourt in an attempt to renew my expired drivers licence. Please note that the expired drivers licence was obtained by me in 2011 with data capture and other biometrics duly captured.

To my utter shock and disbelief,  I was told by the FRSC officer who received my application that I should come back in the second week of February, 2015 for DATA CAPTURE.

I think this is the height of service failure on the part of the FRSC.

What has happened to the data that was captured in 2011?

What will the FRSC be doing with my application between now and February,  2015 that it will take 4 months to process.?

What assurances do I have that the same officers of FRSC will not turn around and arrest me on the road for having an expired licence between now and February, 2015?

It totally defeats the purpose of going digital if I have to capture data at every renewal when none of my details has changed.  That it has to take 4 months is a different matter altogether.

Please look into this matter as it makes the whole data capture process and the funds sunk into the process look like a huge fraud.

Regards,

Olufemi Oluwole.