LASG issues 79, 161 number plates
MAY 13, 2013
The Lagos State Government says it has issued 79, 161 new number plates to vehicles between May 2012 and April 2013.
Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, said this on Friday during a press briefing by the Ministry of Transportation in Ikeja.
Opeifa said figures from the state’s Motor Vehicle Administration Agency, which issued the number plates, showed that the number represented number plates given to new vehicles and revalidation of old number plates registered in the state and other states of the federation.
He said. “A guideline regulating the implementation of the new number plate scheme was issued and as a result, a total number of 79,161 vehicles got the new number plates.”
The commissioner said the Clients’ Representatives Scheme introduced by MVAA had reduced touting and faking of its products.
He said, “The scheme has been applauded for its convenience and has instantly generated 363 jobs for hitherto unemployed men and women. It also ensured that genuine service of the agency was taken to individuals and corporate organisations that had in the past relied on touts in processing their vehicle documents and obtaining other services of the agency.”
Opeifa also said government had evacuated 4,300 abandoned vehicles from Lagos roads. He added that a recent survey had again showed that in the last three months, another 4,632 vehicles had been abandoned in the state.
He said, “It is saddening that as soon as we implement the removal exercise in Surulere Local Government, some vehicles are back, especially on Cole Street, Shifawu Street and Ayilara/Clegg area.”
Opeifa said the abandoned vehicles were used by hoodlums and armed robbers to hide weapon and to commit other forms of social vices. He called on residents of the state to secure their areas by saying ‘no’ to abandoned vehicles.
He added, “These vehicles also pose health risk. We will not relent on enforcement. Spare parts and auto dealers must also be advised that vehicles illegally displayed on road setback will be treated as abandoned vehicles.”
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