LAGOS State government has issued a warning to all auto dealers to desist from displaying their vehicles on unapproved grounds round the state.
According to a statement made available to The Guardian on Wednesday, the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency admonished individuals and auto dealers displaying vehicles for sale at unregistered premises to desist from such an act as this negates the law regulating the activities of motor vehicle and spare parts dealers in the state.
Permanent Secretary, Mr. Akin Hanson said the Agency has noted with dismay the wave of display of vehicles for sale at unregistered premises particularly, roadsides, petrol stations, eateries and kerbs.
According to him, the state would not be deterred from persecuting erring dealers found countervailing the laws. This attitude he said constitutes a nuisance to the environment and impedes the movement of pedestrians and free flow of the traffic.
He stated that the Agency has embarked on campaign to enlighten the dealers on the law regulating sales of motor vehicle and spare parts in the state in addition to the regular stakeholders? meetings held to further enlighten them.
According to him, it would be a sheer pretence for any auto or spare part dealer to feign ignorance of the law regulating the business.
Hanson warned the auto dealers not to take the humane approach of the government in enforcing the law regulating auto business for granted, saying that the government has the capacity to enforce the law to the letter.
To this end, he urged unregistered parties willing to sell either registered or fairly used imported vehicle to go through registered dealers, as direct sales transaction is unlawful.
He explained that the government has put in place a tripartite arrangement, which allows individuals to sell their vehicles to members of the public only through registered motor vehicle dealers. He added that any vehicle sold outside this arrangement would not be issued the change of ownership title at the Motor Licensing Offices.
He appealed to members of the public to desist from buying vehicles from the roadsides as such vehicles were often from questionable sources and could put buyers into trouble.
The permanent secretary, however, advised registered motor vehicle dealers, whose permit have expired, to urgently renew them as the Agency is poised to publish names of defaulting dealers in the national dailies and prosecute them in the law court.
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