Lagos Government Begins Impounding Of Unpainted Commercial Vehicles
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The Lagos State Government has directed the Lagos State Traffic
Management Authority (LASTMA) to begin to arrest and impound unpainted
commercial vehicles from Monday across the state.
The General
Manager of LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, said this in a statement through the
Director, Public Affairs Unit of the authority, Toafik Adebayo, in Lagos on
Sunday.
Mr Oreagba warned that all intra-state commercial bus
operators should ensure that their vehicles were painted Red or Yellow with
Black Stripes or be impounded by the government.
He said that this was in view of the need to comply with the laws and
regulations guiding the operation of all commercial vehicle operators.
Mr
Oreagba explained further that the warning was to ensure that commercial bus
operators, especially those on intra-state services complied with the existing
law of Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018.
The LASTMA
boss said there was need for the commercial operators to obey the laws to
restore sanity on the roads to protect the lives and property of Lagos
residents.
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He emphasized that all minibuses known as ‘Danfo’, including ‘Korope’,
should be painted in Yellow with Black stripes while mass transit buses with
two doors were to be painted with approved Red Colour by operators.
Mr
Oreagba also noted that all buses that had been authorized to ply Victoria
Island and its environs with an approved color should be registered through
the various established offices.
The General Manager, therefore,
urged all commercial bus operators to comply with the warning in their own
interest.
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