Lagos To Enforce Transport Laws On Okada Riders

The Lagos State House of Assembly has charged the Ministry of Transportation, related departments and agencies to ensure effective enforcement of the State’s transportation laws, especially in relation to commercial motorcycle riders.

The call was made by the House Committee On Transportation, during a visit to the Ministry, the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA) and the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Agency (LAMATA).

Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Temitope Adewale said that effective enforcement of the laws would save residents and discourage the plying of major roads by Okada riders, as such enforcement would also help to stop the use of one-way by drivers.

Adewale commended the management of MVAA over its revenue generation, advised the agency to devise means within the laws to actualise its mandate in spite of the challenges facing it, noting that Lagos is prosperous despite the country’s economic downturn.

At LAMATA, the committee chairman commended the agency for ensuring effective mass transit, adding that the state would continue to witness infrastructural development in the transportation sector.

He also urged the agency to quickly complete ongoing projects so that new ones should commence before the weather becomes unfriendly.

Special Adviser on Transportation to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mr Oluwatoyin Fayinka, spoke about for a budget line to enhance the productivity of his office.

General Manager of MVAA, Mrs Lape Kilanko, highlighted the challenges facing the agency as she sought the assistance of the House in addressing them, lamenting that local governments and Local Council Development Authorities, LCDAs, were collecting the revenue that the agency was saddled to collect and that this had affected the revenue drive of the agency.