The Nigeria Police will from September 16, 2013 change the process of vehicle registration from the analogue Central Motor Registry to a digital Biometric Central Motor Registration system.
The BCMR is a technological means of attaching automobile owner’s personal data to his or her vehicle for proper identification and protection.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, explained at a news conference on Monday in Abuja that the new system was part of efforts at repositioning the police to effectively tackle crimes and terror.
Under the system, hand-held machine would be used to verify the particulars of vehicles, rather than manual checking.
Mba also said that the BCMR would assist in addressing the incidences of car theft, kidnapping and other crimes associated with the use of vehicles.
He said: “To effectively combat terrorism, prevent crimes, apprehend and prosecute offenders, the force will from September 16 change the registration process of vehicles from the old analogue CMR to new digital BCMR system.
“The decision informing the introduction of the BCMR is against the backdrop of contemporary security challenges bordering on terrorism, high incidence of car theft, kidnapping and other crimes.”
Mba said that the system was designed for forensic analysis where fingerprints could be matched or verified against registered fingerprints collected during the registration.
He stressed that the database would be made available to other sister security agencies.
Mba added: “We are going to make the database open to our sister agencies.
“If for example other security organisations want to carry investigation and they needed to get information from our database, we will make the information available to them.”
He said that the new system was capable of capturing 20 million fingerprints per second, an equivalent of two million people at 10 prints per person.
“As a store of information, it will provide a one-stop forensic base for all manners of investigations, which will greatly enhance policing in tracking missing cars and preventing crimes,” he said.
Mba said that registration under the BCMR could be done at designated banks, online and police commands across the nation.
He said that motorists were expected to pay N3,500 to register their vehicles under the system, while owners of Rickshaw (Keke NAPEP) would pay N1,500 for the registration.
Responding to questions, the spokesman said that the BCMR was not a duplication of the registration being done by the Federal Road Safety Corps but complementing the commission.
According to him, substantial equipment has been procured for the system and personnel have been adequately trained to man it.
On the deadline for the registration, Mba said that no time frame would be given for now.
He, however, said that the police had begun aggressive sensitisation on the need for motorists to migrate from the analogue CMR to the BCMR.
He said: “First of all, we want to encourage new car owners to register their vehicles under the new BCMR instead of the CMR.
“We are also encouraging old car owners to migrate to BCMR not just for national security but for the safety of their vehicles.”
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