Lagos vows to regulate taxi services
No one can stop the Lagos State Government from regulating the mile to mile taxi system in the state. Not even protesting taxi drivers.
Less than 24 hours after some taxi drivers in the state accused the government of choking them, the government has reiterated its commitment to carry out its plan which, it says, will ensure safety and security of passengers.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Prince Anofiu Olarewaju Elegushi made the assertion at a Press Conference organized by the Ministry.
He said an appropriate franchise system had been developed to ensure control and regulation within the sector.
Explaining further, the Director of Public Transportation and Commuter Service, Mr. Olubunmi Odukoya, said the terms of taxi operations are contained in the Road Traffic law 2012 and subsequent regulation approved and released in January 2016.
While noting resistance and protest by some groups who wanted to pull out of their franchise, the Director said the State Government was not averse to any group or their interest by way of independence, adding that the dictates of the policy was to ensure they hold a franchise and by implication a license.
Advising interested groups to obtain a franchise or join forces with any of the nine (9) already existing franchisees, Odukoya insisted that regulation was in the overall interest of Lagosians..
