New Traffic Law: Lagos Okada Riders Cry, ‘Foul!’
By Nnamdi Inyama
THE Lagos State government of Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) is lucky its fate does not lie in the hands of commercial motorcycle operators in the state, popularly called Okada.If it did, then, give the Okada riders a few days and Fashola would not be sitting in the Round House as, according to one of them, Kola “this Fashola is not the one we voted for last year”, a commercial motorcyclist, Chidi Anah told The Guardian at Ikotun yesterday.“If we had the power, we will remove him immediately and bring in a kind, understanding governor who will realize that, we, Okada riders are hardworking Nigerians.Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 24 October 2012
Why Soldiers Must Obey Traffic Law – Fashola
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has urged the Nigerian Army to obey the state Road Traffic Law, saying since roads are shared assets, everyone is expected play their roles in managing them.Fashola said the army should be part of a concerted effort to promote a culture of safety and healthy commuting on roads in the state.The governor spoke at an interactive session with senior army officers and heads of army formations in Lagos on the law at the 81 Division auditorium, Onikan. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 22 October 2012
Lagos Traffic Law Enforcement Officers to Use Camera
By Saka Gbeminiyi
In its bid to ensure that prosecution of violators of traffic law become less controversial,there is plan by Lagos State government to equip those saddled with the responsibility of enforcing the law with camera to get pictorial evidences.Deputy Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Mr Tunde Sobulo, had at a seminar organised for stakeholders, hinted that there was need for traffic law enforcement officers to have camera to make prosecution less cumbersome, as there may be need to use photographs to buttress points while prosecuting an offender. Full story...
Source:http://tribune.com.ng
Posted by Amaka, 26 September 2012
Fashola Takes Traffic Law to Religious Houses
By Gbenro Adeoye
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, on Monday, took the State Traffic law campaign to the special religious services marking the commencement of the 2012/2013 Legal Year.The governor told the gathering of serving and retired judges, magistrates, senior lawyers and other legal practitioners to dispense justice when handling cases related to the traffic law.He urged them to ensure that no innocent person is unjustly punished. Full story...
Source: http://dailytimes.com.ng
Posted by Amaka, 18 September 2012
Nigeria: New Lagos Traffic Law - Bringing Sanity to a Chaotic City
By George Okojie
Amid avoidable killings occasioned by reckless Lagos drivers, especially the commercial drivers, the Lagos State Government has recently introduced a new trafic law to see that the "madness" on Lagos roads comes to an end. George Okojie writes.Having been gazetted, it is no longer a question of if it would be enforced, but when full enforcement on the safety-motivated Lagos Traffic Law would commence in the state. The state Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola said in Lagos that the law had become operational since he signed it on August 2, 2012.
Source:http://allafrica.com/
Posted by Amaka, 17 September 2012
FRSC Prosecutes 101 Traffic Offenders
By Isaiah Benjamin
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna Sector Command, has arrested and prosecuted 101 road traffic offenders as part of measures to reduce road crashes and inject sanity on the highways.The Head of Public Education of the command, Martins Dajangla, disclosed this in a press release issued to newsmen in Kaduna yesterday.He said that the mobile court which carried out the trials was situated along Kaduna-Abuja road and explained that the measure became necessary in view of the increasing rate of road traffic crashes being witnessed along the route recently, and to further caution motorists on the need to obey road traffic rules and regulations, especially during the ember months which normally experience an upsurge in human and vehicle traffic across the nation’s highways.
Source:http://leadership.ng
Posted by Amaka, 13 September 2012
Fashola Tells Okada Riders to Take up Farming
By Gbenro Adeoye
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos has told commercial motorcyclists in the state to turn to farming should the new Traffic Law prove too stiff for them.At a meeting with the state leadership of commercial motorcycle operators, popularly called okada riders, on Tuesday, the governor said their members were free to leave the job. Full story...
Source:http://dailytimes.com.ng
Posted by Amaka, 12 September 2012
We are ready to begin implementation of new Lagos Traffic Law-Lagos CP
The Lagos State Security Council met Wednesday at the Lagos House Marina under the Chairmanship of the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), with the Police pledging their readiness to begin full enforcement of the law and warning that in the process, nobody would be spared.The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abubakar Umar Manko, who gave the indication after the meeting, said the delay in enforcement was in order to allow for public enlightenment and all other requirements to be put in place to ensure easy compliance by members of the public. Full story...
Source:http://www.channelstv.com
Posted by Amaka, 6 September 2012
NURTW backs Lagos Traffic Law
The new Lagos Road Traffic Law Monday garnered more support from stakeholders in the transport sector as the National Union of Road Transport Workers pledged to cooperate with the government to ensure full implementation of the law.President of the Union, Alhaji Najeen Usman Yasin, who made the pledge at Lagos House, Ikeja, while on a courtesy visit to the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), pledged that members of the Union would remain law abiding in the exercise of their lawful functions in the State.
Source:http://pmnewsnigeria.com
Posted by Amaka, 4 September 2012
Nigeria: New Lagos Traffic Law Now Operational
Ikeja — The much- awaited gazetting of the new Lagos State Road Traffic Law was completed Thursday, meaning its implementation has commenced 29 days after Governor Babatunde Fashola signed the law.The gazette, printed by the Lagos State Printing Corporation, Ikeja, is titled; "a law to provide for road traffic administration and make provisions for road traffic and vehicle inspection in Lagos State and other connected purposes."Full story...
Source:http://allafrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 31 August 2012
Lagos Tasks Commercial Motorcyclists on Road Traffic Law
BY YETUNDE EBOSELE
THE Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, has advised operators, riders and passengers of commercial motorcycles commonly referred to as Okada to comply voluntarily with the provisions in the recently signed Road Traffic Law.Speaking during another stakeholders meeting with the transport unions and operators of the informal public transport in the state, Opeifa said that despite signing of the new law by the state Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, and the enlightenment campaign embarked upon, it was disturbing that motorcycles below 200cc still ply the restricted routes, including bridges and highways with impunity.Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 24 August 2012
Nigeria: Lagos, Stakeholders Parley Over New Traffic Laws
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Ikeja — Pending the enforcement of the new Lagos Road Traffic Law, the state government, yesterday, met with representatives of the transport unions in the state to explain the provisions of the law as well as the need to ensure compliance by their members.
Some of the transport unions at the stakeholders' meeting chaired by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, included Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria.Full story...
Source:www.allAfrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 7 August 2012
Lagos Signs New Traffic Law To Improve Transport System
Source: www.ventures-africa.com
Posted by Ufuoma, 3 August 2012
Fashola To Endorse New Lagos Traffic Law
Governor Babatunde Fashola is set to sign Lagos State’s new traffic bill into law on Thursday. The bill, which was sponsored by Bisis Yusufu, Chairman, House Committee on Transport, was passed on July 12, 2012 by the State House of Assembly. The bill seeks to criminalise traffic offences and sanction offenders as part of strategy to bring under control the chaotic traffic situation within the metropolis. Full story...
Source: www.businessdayonline.com
Posted by Ufuoma, 31 July 2012
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