DRIVERS FINE N2m FOR USING ILLEGAL GARAGES, PARKS
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Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor
The Enforcement Unit of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) impounded a total of 20 painted and unpainted commercial vehicles at Apongbon Bridge and Ikorodu Roundabouts, over the weekend.
On arraignment at the mobile court, each of the drivers was fined a hundred thousand naira only, (N100,000.00k), thus the 20 wrongdoers will have to part with two million Naira only, (N2,000,000.00k).
The General Manager of the Authority, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, while speaking on the enforcement exercise, said the illegal activities of the owners of the commercial buses/cars on bridges and roundabouts across the state contravene the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018.
He stated further that it was nauseating seeing these commercial bus drivers constituting public nuisances by operating illegally on Bridges and Roundabouts thereby causing avoidable traffic gridlock and inconveniencing other motorists and road users.
Mr Oreagba revealed that the Enforcement Unit of the Authority had to embark on the exercise at Apongbon Bridge and Ikorodu Roundabouts after the recalcitrant drivers who do not want to operate within government-designated garages and parks across the State failed to comply with several warnings issued to them.
He noted that the Authority would not rest on its oars in the resolve to curb illegal activities of the unruly commercial buses/cars operators as the present administration is expending huge resources on constructing standard Bus Terminals in every part of the State.
“We would continue to ensure free flow of traffic movement around Bridges and Roundabouts across the State by scaling up our enforcement and clampdown operations on these stubborn commercial buses operating illegal parks, garages and car mart in the State”, Oreagba declared.
Speaking in the same vein, Mr Odunuga Olukayode, the Head of the Enforcement Unit of LASTMA, stated that the agency is committed to continuing clamping down on the nefarious activities of disobedient commercial vehicle operators until total compliance in the use of approved garages and parks are achieved.
Mr Odunuga also revealed that the arrested drivers of the 20 impounded commercial buses have been fined one hundred thousand Naira only, (N100,000.00k) each after they all pleaded guilty to their charges when they were arraigned before a Mobile Court.
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