Lagos State Government says that it would start impounding rickety vehicles, emitting fumes used on its roads, saying that such vehicles do not befit the state’s status as Africa’s modern megacity.
The Acting Commissioner for Transportation, Prince Lanre Elegushi disclosed this while handing over 25 pickup vans, 11 Nissan cars and 20 power bikes to aid the operations of Vehicle Inspection Service, VIS, officers in the State.
Elegushi said that the state government under the present administration has continued to provide equipment and infrastructure in the state to meet up with various challenges facing the state in order to manage and surmount them.
The Commissioner said that as part of the present administration’s mandates to ensure that challenges are adequately resolved; policies are introduced to strengthen existing ones to provide institutional support for enhancing effective discharge of the various programmes and for operating the transport sector properly in the state.
Elegushi also pleaded with the citizens to continue to play their part in making Lagos a pride of place, as government cannot do it alone.
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