Lagos Transport Ministry Monitoring Unit Today Set Out For An Enforcement Drive. ……..Apprehends 22 Vehicles,vow to continue.
Lagos Transport Ministry Monitoring Unit Today Set Out For An Enforcement Drive.
……..Apprehends 22 Vehicles,vow to continue.
Lucky Akra
The Traffic Monitoring and Investigation Unit (TMI) of the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation in a broader initiative to ensure compliance with traffic rules and regulations,has embarked on an enforcement drive, leading to the apprehension of 22 vehicles for various traffic offences.
In a statement released by
Bolanle Ogunlola (Mrs.),
Deputy Director. Public Affairs.
The vehicles which were arrested for different offences were all driven to their premises.
According to the statement,
the offences committed include; illegal conversion of lay-bys and walkways into motor parks, unauthorized stopping on highways, indiscriminate parking, and the use of lay-bys, and walkways as showrooms by car dealers, among other violations.
The enforcement drive was targeted towards improving traffic management and road safety,it was carried out in Ikeja, Ogba, Billings Way, and Berger areas of the state.
Responding to the development, the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi explained that the Traffic Monitoring and Investigation Unit (TMI) of the Ministry will continue to monitor and apprehend violators daily to maintain the free flow of traffic and safeguard Motorists.
He reiterated that the enforcement operations will target both commercial and private vehicles that violate Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law 2018.
The Transportation Commissioner further commended the State TASKFORCE for the feat recorded in the enforcement of illegal activities of Transport Operators. He encourages compliance by residents to avoid penalties while urging them to also contribute to a safer, more orderly traffic system.
