Contrary to some claims made by some people, the Nigeria Police Force claims that the tinted glass permit is not a business venture.
Afam Osigwe, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), criticized the police’s planned action as “executive recklessness.”
He referred to the Nigeria Police Force’s reactivation of the tinted glass permit enforcement as a revenue-generating initiative.
However, Force spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin stated in a statement on Friday that the tinted glass permit policy is supported by law, citing the 2004 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria and the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Tinted Glass) Act.
He explained that while Section 1 (2) requires applicants to provide legitimate security or health-related reasons, Section 2 (3) of the Act authorizes the Inspector-General of Police to issue tinted glass permits.
Hundeyin criticized claims that the police were intended to make money out of the Police Act’s 2020, noting that Section 26 (1)(f) of the law allows the police to receive funds from the discharge of their legal duties.
The Police Specialist Services Automation Project, which was approved by the Federal Government in July 2022 to modernize police operations and enhance national security, was claimed by the spokesperson.
According to him, the project is being run as a result of an ICRC Act-agreed public-private partnership.
He claimed that security screening is done before tinted glass permits are issued online and that fees are only used to keep the technology infrastructure and data systems in place to support the service.
The spokesman also clarified that Parkway Projects Limited, a payment service provider recognized by the Central Bank of Nigeria and authorized to act as a collection platform, refuted claims that payments are made into private accounts.
Hundeyin noted that the use of heavily tinted vehicles without discrimination has harmed effective traffic monitoring and led to kidnapping and armed robbery.
He claimed that there was no court order to enforce the policy after discussions with the NBA, but rather that it had been suspended in order to show goodwill. He noted that a Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, recently rejected an application for an interim injunction and that no court has ever restrained the police from enforcing the policy.
Source: Channels TV
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