 We're glad to know you're still there. It's still the breakfast on plus TV Africa and now we're on to our second hot topic And this is securing your vehicle by knowing your car documentation needs our guest for this segment of the program is Timmy learning some more electronic security and Automation specialists Timmy good morning and welcome to the program. Okay. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning Yes, so Walk us through this the topic is securing vehicle your vehicle by knowing your car documentation needs. Let's just have An intro to what we'll be talking about Okay, so um There's been an increased rise in um car jacking and car theft recently. I don't know if you've noticed it Based on I mean most of my views and based on um our instagram Instagram page we've been getting so much request of people that and um, a lot of people are now aware about the new documentation um from the energy and police that is called the ECMR the ECMR document is like um an electronic version of the um Of the CMR that used to be issued um before now And um, one of those things one of the major reasons why in police is one of these is why as a citizen I'm actually excited about um this initiative is because um This particular documentation is going to really really help us call a lot of car theft because this is what happens One vehicles have been stolen. One vehicles have been stolen. They are sometimes Is a two-way thing. Sometimes the car has always been dismantled But a lot of time when it's a new vehicle Sometimes it's not dismantled. They just take it out of they take it out of town And taking it from Lagos to Abuja. They'll re-register that vehicle again I don't know how they do it, but they delete it from the chat. They delete the number the details from um the The VIN number and they'll re-register the vehicle again So now with the new ECMR document you cannot register a car more than twice and once I and once a car is being once you have an easy once you are registered in the ECMR portal You can flag your car stolen and once this flag is stolen even if it's in 10 years time That's all you try to re-register a vehicle with that same VIN number and a lot will be called to the Nigerian police and it's going to You know and a lot will be sent to the to signal the Nigerian police and you know from there You can you can you get arrested for it. So I mean, I think this is a very good news And it's one of those things that we should as a security expert I think it's and it's it's a welcome innovation that we really need to see more Okay, this new document that you're talking about you said it's a An electronic version of another one that is not electronic Now if you get this do you still need to have the other one or one replaces the other? Okay, so um What the CMR is one of is one of the most important is like what we call the police documents one of the very important part of um our Very good documentation. So now before now what used to happen was that the police officer would just write They just write that paper for you. You just write it and you know that is all right now The police town has a database for it. They now have a portal for it So on this portal now on this portal now it links your vehicle it links the your vehicle license with your NIN It links it with your NIN so the NIN has to match The name on that vehicle when you are registering it So with this you don't need the old one is no longer in use and the new one is going to I mean the new one has even the the PR one now security is a good. Also Um, even the issuance of sinter permit is back I um, I did a publication um months back about how the sinter permit was done He used anymore or right now sinter permit is back and from the 29th from the 29th of this month um It you you start being able to apply for the CML the sinter permit even on that CML portal So this is actually a step towards digitalizing the police force and I don't see enough talking about this and that's why I'm here to talk about it Okay, what what if the vehicle you know changes ownership what happens because that uh document is linked to your NIN Okay, so when the you know that normally What happens also when you have a change of ownership is that you have to go through series of processes we have to get your Change of ownership process done I want the change of ownership process is done Then you change then you have to you have to you have to change the plate number You have to change the plate number the same thing is going to now happen But this time around it's going to be automated all those things happen now on the portal It happens on the on the ECMR portal I mean this portal is ECMR is mta.gov.ng On that portal once you sell the vehicle you apply for the change of ownership on it And the request for the new NIN of the person that is buying the plate number once that has been affected Then you cannot proceed to pick another plate number then the ECMR changes That's interesting But you know you you did say something in your opening that there's been a rise in carjacking Now a lot of people will be concerned how to curb this carjacking It's not just to have the the document because you said that one of the things they do is when they steal your car They could also dismantle it not just to sell it They couldn't dismantle it and maybe be selling the parts and bits and all that We don't know how that is but how do we curb these carjacking that is according to you on the rise Okay, so uh, I mean it's it's actually a state of emergency because a lot of a lot a lot of complaints are about this carjacking One of the major thing one of the main thing that we stopped using That's right them because of the situation especially when you live in an i-disk environment is that you need to get an alarm system One you have to have a hatchback on your vehicle and two you have to have an anti-jacking system This is the usual alarm system that once a tough sensor when you touch your vehicle Once the touch the body of your vehicle the vehicle triggers an alarm and this as simple as it is as simple as it is It can actually Care someone that wants to the trying to jack your vehicle because the way they do this is very scary By the time you wake up the next morning your exit is gone. Your your media's old media system is gone your winder is gone your Most of the most important things in the vehicle is gone. So with this But when you have an alarm system you cannot aside from that also There's also but there's also an offer of you for to find your car glass When you fortify your car glass it means that it's like using a screen protector for your glass I know a lot. I have a lot testimonials about that also or people that you know They try to hit their glass normally your glass when you hit the glass will be very cool It shatters immediately. But when you have when you have your glass protected It takes a longer time It could take as much as 28 and you know that by time you are doing this and you're trying to hit your glass And if I analyze them, they move on to the next vehicle But we need to be more aware about this. We should not be evicting before we start to You know complain about it We need to and aside from all the security gadgets we're talking about also You need to be very careful about where you are packing your vehicles Stop packing your vehicle in the dark spot Ensure you pack your vehicle at the place where you are sure that um, there is um physical contact You cannot just pack your car. This is not the period where you should just pack your car at the roadside So you are seeing your vehicle and you are seeing mobility. Some people are seeing your vehicle and they are seeing forms. They are seeing money You know, so um all this needs to be put into consideration in um Secure ensuring that your car is very secure because the the period we are in now things are getting very expensive and um We we we need to ensure that um We we take care of life and we take care of our properties and ensure that you know as much as possible We um We will rather take care of them than talking about buying the new one Okay, but when you talk about securing your glass, it sounds as if you want to change it to bulletproof or something What do you really mean? What do you need to do to secure your glass? Okay, so um, it's called um a Um glass modification and for you to quantify your car glass you need a ballistic film It's just um is installed the same way it seems it's installed on your car glass And um, it's installed the same way since it's just on your car glass from the inside Then it makes it stronger. It gives it like an extra ballistic layer from the inside of the glass So once this is installed as the more the sun heats it the stronger you get Which creates an extra layer for the glass from inside So when you heat it once it's being heat from outside and this has also saved a lot of room from traffic robbery It has also saved a lot because traffic robbery what they do is that they find they have In material or something that they use on your glass once they use it your glass shatters immediately But when you have a ballistic film installed on your glass you can actually prevent this from happening to you You know and this is um, it's also something that is being it's it's it's called um It's called it's called multiplying your car glass and I mean a lot of people are actually Getting this to actually protect you from to protect their vehicles from from from car jacking and traffic robbery And traffic robbery how available are these things that you're talking about? You know to fortify your glass to to put a lamp system and all that how how available are they? So yeah, they are available. They are they are available. Um, the first thing is that awareness is what is most important and you know that because some of these innovations are new and um, the best way to actually sell them is always through, um, Displaying it Displaying it is always the best way to sell them. So I mean the best um Um, a lot of them have been sold on different platforms. They have been sold on different platforms But it is people that know about it that know about this thing But these are solutions that pay courier to our environment mind you the reason why glasses of vehicles don't come fortified from factory is because um, your glass is supposed to be like an emergency exit should in case of an accident But because of the peculiarities of our environment, they are these innovations these innovations have been very important for us to Actually use in Nigeria, but they are available. They are vendors that sell these Um, they are vendors that sell it. There are lots of um vendors and two displays of these things on instagram and some other platforms Yeah, but what kind of vendors do you what you said or on instagram on social media and all that? But if you want to go to a physical store, there are special people that sell special things Do you just go to a a shop of spare parts to get it or what specialized shop? Can you go to to get this especially like the glass a fortification that you're talking about? So, um, thank you so much. So you see this is this has to do with automobile security And when it comes to automobile security, there are experts in this industry There are a couple of them on the inside. There are a couple of them online There are a couple of them online and there are shops where they focus mainly on automobile security When you visit shops like this, when you visit stores like this, they all have physical outlets When you visit stores like this, they will um Once you visit store like this, these are services that they offer and that's why I don't want to mention businesses Um, I don't want to mention names of businesses But these are services that some people offer primarily they put um glass fortification catch hacking system anti-jacking system anti-jacking system and um Lots of other other solutions like um four monitoring systems and all these are unique automobile security solutions, which are not they are not like the usual Car parts these are their professional services that are handled by and they are handled by professionals Oh, okay. Yeah, because we needed to know If we just walk into a spare parts shop and demand for that or ask for that and all that So it's good to know that there are specialized shops that you can look for and you get this next thing A Nigerian will be thinking about is what about the cost? They are affordable Yes, let's not compare it with the loss. Let's not compare it with the loss of your vehicle Just tell us how affordable they are because Nigerians will always especially okay an example is When we had this cash crunch And you go to some businesses they will insist on on on getting cash And you tell them why not get a p.o.s And they'll tell you that my business is not big enough for a p.o.s And this is someone who has a shop and is selling a lot of things and they say their business is not big enough They feel for you to have a p.o.s machine You need to have a supermarket or something like that So Nigerians are very draggy when it comes to things like this. So how affordable are they? Because a lot of jesus not my portion is not costly. You just go on your knee or you pronounce it. That's what Nigerians use When they should do something else Yeah Okay, so in terms of in terms of costs. Let's don't okay not compare me with the cost of the vehicle But um security is in different layers And um, it depends on um your what you can afford and what's your What value please on the value please on security as a whole but um the values they are not expensive devices They're not expensive. They're not expensive solutions, but they're in layers. They're in layers. The alarm system is the cheapest Cash tracking is another layer Class classification is another layer Bullet pool at the old having a bullet pool device on your very cool it alone You know if you want to do a bullet pool on your vehicle, you are talking about mediums You're talking about mediums, but for specification is less than For specification is less than 200 000 if we'll see For specification is less than 200 000. Tracking system is less than 100 000. Alarm system is less than 50 000 These are things that These are investments that when you do on your vehicle, you are sure you are sure of the longevity of your vehicle and um You know, and um, you are sure of the longevity of your vehicle and you are sure that you know You are you've um, you've created an extra layer of security Why you move why why why you drive on the road because it's very important for us to it's very important when we move out of Then another thing I really want to discuss about is I don't I really don't know what I think um It's getting to a time. We need to we really need to talk more about this. I don't know what is happening in areas like um um Alakba the underbridge alakba the underbridge That alakba there in what k2 to what 7 up that place is a danger zone every night like this is an office It is somewhere that if you are passing that place 7 30 between 7 30 to 8 o'clock every day You have your friends to get in wrong and I've had a lot of complaints about that same spot But nothing is being done about it. These are things that I also feel like um with the police also needs to cooperate with us more On things like this and ensure that you know, we don't we don't I mean it's okay for us to say that um There's some security reasons that happen once in a while But some places where there's some places where we know that and then there's like a police There's like a police band that is always packed somewhere around them But I still get every other day complaints of people complaining about security issues in that first class spot In that first class spot those are things that also we need to actually the government needs to look into it the Inspector and the the the the commissioner of police needs to do something about Needs to do something about that particular spot. I don't mean there's some other hot spots like that But this one is too glaring. It is very very close to is very very close to the Ikeja sectarian Is it it's a it's a road that is plowed by A lot of negotiations every day, but I see here that people are still coming on instagram to complain and cry about being logged in That place I like where you're on that bridge to us k2. Yes. I like in what um I like when they in what seven up from k2 to k2 that express. All right Okay, I get that. Um, we have less than 30 seconds But let me just ask you this the tracking device very important some car owners Especially these people who buy cars and put on the road put drivers To take care of the cars and make return some of them don't even have an android phone And if you have a tracker how do you track whether without an android phone? Is it possible to do that? You don't need an android phone to track your vehicle The first thing you need to do is ensure you have a tracking device Second day you can track your device using a sim card Once you know the phone number the phone number that is installed So the way tracker works is like it's mini phone. It has a sim card inside it Once you know the phone number inside your tracker once you know that phone number of ant It had a password. You can send a text message to it with any mobile phone You get and who you install your tracker with also is very important Sometimes for some businesses when you install trackers with some businesses, maybe like mine What happens is that we you don't even need to know your phone number of ant Once you have an incident just leave them alone. Just call us immediately I'm like what to track your vehicle for you within within within less than 24 hours Within will stop your vehicle immediately the car can stop Will stop your car immediately so far you can get access to us either through our website through our phone number So tracking device tracking does not need an android phone for it to operate. Okay You don't need an android phone for it to operate. Sometimes you can look at a text message And if you have a good partnership, you can always track your vehicle. All right, Timmy Thank you so much for your time and your thoughts this morning. We'll do more about this security Thank you for being a part of our program this morning Thank you so much. Thank you so much. I was Thank you so much for the opportunity We've been talking with Timmy Lenny Samo electronic security and automation specialists talking about Knowing the right documents for your vehicle and also security for your vehicle And this is where we wrap it up On the show this morning. I would like to see you again tomorrow thursday until then my name is Nyam Goul Again, you have a wonderful midweek