Lagos clamps down on fake enforcement officials

The Lagos State Government has vowed to intensify enforcement activities on fake enforcement officials across the state.

At a press briefing, the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, disclosed that the ministry, through its task force team, would carry out sting operations in different areas of the state until all impersonators were eradicated.

He explained that revealing details of the enforcement operation would sabotage its effectiveness and success as the impersonators would devise methods to elude the government and persist in their unlawful acts.

Osiyemi also explained that the recently introduced Traffic Management Solution Device (TMS) successfully captured 26,816 real time traffic infringements over the last three months, making enforcement more effective and safe for officers to carry out.

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The commissioner also said there were plans by the state government to take the transportation system to another level through the introduction of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses by private investors, assuring that the state government’s commitment to public transportation was to promote a transport system that was integrated and gave options to citizens.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, stressed that the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) was the only body backed by law to carry out enforcement and manage traffic within the state, saying local governments did not have traffic officers and were not authorised by law to apprehend motorists who committed traffic infractions.

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