Lagos plans e-registration of interstate motor parks

The Lagos State Government has disclosed its plan to introduce the digital registration of interstate motor parks across the state as part of measures to ensure the security of citizens.

The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists which was organised by the ministry at Ikeja GRA on Tuesday evening.

Osiyemi said, “We all know the importance of creating a safe environment for our people, so to this end, we will soon begin the digitalisation of interstate transportation. Lagos is the new London; people ‘japa’ from different states to Lagos and the influx of the people in the state necessitates that we get complete data of people that come in and go out of buses at our interstate parks.

“So, we are in partnership with consultants who are working with us on all our interstate parks whereby there will be a standardisation of these parks. We will have the numbers of the state parks in the ministry, so we will classify each park into grades and they will be labelled and registered with the ministry.

“Anyone that uses that park will have their details taken electronically and we will know those that go in and come out of Lagos. This is to ensure collective security, proper planning and efficient transport structures in place.”

Also speaking at the event, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, noted that the activities of fake traffic enforcement officers extorting motorists had been reported to the ministry.

“Unfortunately, these fake traffic enforcement officials play on the people’s intelligence. But once we get a report, we will act. We already have a standing army that is dedicated to addressing this issue but the problem is we don’t always receive complaints on time because people would rather go on social media to report rather than report to us,” he stated.

Last week, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Olawale Musa, promised to arrest and prosecute illegal personnel who hid under the pretext of enforcing traffic laws to extort money from motorists across the metropolis.