By IBIRONKE ARIYO

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has distanced itself from any partnership with the Wazobia Conflict Resolution and Peace Initiative (WACORPAI) on the issuance of ?Peace Ambassador? number plates.

The disclaimer is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide.

Ogungbemide said that the disclaimer was also part of the FRSC?s efforts to clarify its stance on use of unauthorised number plates.

He described WACORPAI?s claim of a partnership as entirely false.

Ogungbemide said Federal Government number plates were reserved strictly for official use by Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

According to him, official number plates are not issued to individuals or private organisations as they are exclusively for government business.

?The public is to be aware that the announcement issued by WACORPAI informing its members of an existing partnership with the FRSC is outrightly baseless and false.

?This is because Federal Government number plates are only issued to Ministries, Departments and Agencies, not individuals irrespective of their affiliations,? Ogungbemide said.

He urged the public to desist from patronising producers of fake and illegal number plates.

?Members of the association who are presently using the number plates should take them off to avoid arrest while those intending to purchase same are equally advised to discontinue,? he said. (NAN)