Get your vehicle papers renewed online in Lagos
"Hello Hafiz, I'm not back to the office because I was arrested by VIO officials for driving around with an expired road-worthiness certificate. I am currently at the VIO office sorting things out". That was how the Whatsapp message from my colleague read. He sent it after he had been away from the office for almost three consecutive business hours. I felt great pity for him because of his plight but then, I was powerless to do any more than that. In local parlance, that would have been a right situation to say "the guy don enter am".
He later returned to the office over four hours after he left the office for what was supposed to be a short self-errand. You could definitely see it written all over him that he had had a terrible terrible day. Turns out he had to pay a fine of 20000 Naira for driving around without complete vehicle papers. On top of that, he had to pay the fee to get the expired paper - which was three months overdue - renewed.
As soon as I was done empathising with him, I went on a mission to ensure I didn't end up in his shoes in a few months time when my own papers would be expiring. My vehicle was less than a year old at the time, so I had no experience whatsoever with these things. After discussing with him and another colleague and doing my research online, I arrived at the fact that the papers - for a private car - that need to be renewed on an annual basis are as follows:
