Customs to launch new vehicle registry to track automobiles nationwide
By Fredrick Wright
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has unveiled plans to flag off a new platform called National Vehicle Registry (VREG) to track automobiles and curb vehicle related crimes and car theft.
The platform will serve as a centralised database for all vehicles in Nigeria, which will provide a personal identity number to all vehicles in the country, showcasing vehicles’ history, ownership history and vehicle location just to mention a few.
The platform will also assist in solving problems associated with vehicles, related crimes and theft.
The official website of the National Vehicle Registry www.vreg.gov.ng will be commissioned at a later date.
This was disclosed as the Customs presented certificates to participants to 29 members of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council after a two-day seminar held in Lagos.
The training/seminar which started on Wednesday, May 7, 2021 exposed Public Relations Officers of the service and journalists in Lagos to fair and balanced reportage; the language of International Trade, Media Relations Best Practices; Understanding Free Trade and the Challenges of Regulations; Navigating Social Media and the Menace of Fake News; and E-Customs – the Future of Trade Facilitation.
Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Kikelomo Adeola, delivered a paper on “Coordinated Border Management; Imperative for National Searching”.
The Deputy National Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bimodi closed the presentation segment with a paper on “Import and Export: Understanding the Role of Customs”
Mr Peter Oyeneye, a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) presented a paper on “Crisis Communication”.
NUJ Lagos Council Chairman, Mr. Adeleye Ajayi expressed satisfaction with the conduct and commitment of journalists to the seminar, saying that more trainings for members were on the way.
He thanked the service for training journalists of Lagos State Council, saying that the training would allow journalists in the state to report the operations of the NCS professionally.
