FRSC to scrap temporary driver’s licence

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced that it has upgraded its printing facility to deliver an average of 15,000 driver’s licences daily, with a target to clear all existing backlogs before the second week of November 2025.

The Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja after inspecting the FRSC’s printing farm, noting that the new system was designed to address the perennial delays associated with processing driver’s licences and vehicle number plates.

“Our printing facility has been upgraded to print an average of 15,000 driver’s licences daily. This production average will be increased to clear the backlog before the second week of November 2025,” he said.

According to Mohammed, the FRSC is also about to commence contactless biometric capture with on-the-spot printing of the licence, which will eliminate temporary licences, thereby signalling the beginning of a digitalised one-stop shop for processing driver’s licences.

He added that with the development, delays and other challenges related to the national driver’s licence were expected to become history.

While flagging off the 2025 Ember Months Road Safety Sensitisation Campaign with the theme ‘Take Responsibility for Your Safety: Stop Distracted Driving’, Mohammed disclosed that the 2024 Operation Zero statistics revealed that 432 persons were killed and 2,070 persons injured out of 533 reported cases of road crashes.

He further disclosed that 3,433 persons were killed and 22,162 injured out of a total of 6,858 reported road crashes between January and September 2025.

He said: “The records also showed that the major causes of those crashes were linked to driver fatigue, overloading of persons, conveyance of persons in haulage vehicles, and travelling with fuel in plastic containers.

“Apparently, driver behaviour is a fundamental element in determining safety on our highways. It is expected that the 2025 end-of-year campaign will create the needed awareness and sensitisation for drivers to take up the issue of safety more seriously.

“Therefore, the choice of the 2025 End-of-Year Campaign theme, ‘Taking Responsibility for Your Safety’, was deliberate and well thought out. It was carefully chosen to address road traffic infringements by drivers, which were largely responsible for the previous road crash records.”