Information Commissioner Tasks Lagos Traffic Radio On Wider Coverage Of Transportation Sector

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has urged Lagos Traffic Radio to brace up in supporting and setting Agenda for the State government to curtail the menace of commercial motorcycle riders as well as an enhancement of the Traffic Management and Transportation vision of the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda. Omotoso, who gave the charge at the opening ceremony of the Year 2021 Lagos Traffic Radio General Staff Retreat themed: “Rekindling the Workforce for Effective Performance in the New Normal”, hinted that the State Transportation Sector is set to experience a festival of projects, which the Station should give wide coverage to enlighten and educate Lagos Residents.

According to him, the State Government will soon take decisive steps on what will be done on the issue of Motorcycle Riders, popularly known as 'Okada' in the State.

His words: “The menace of Okada riders has been of great concern to the State government, especially the increasing rate of crimes being perpetrated by some of the operators, and decisive steps will soon be taken to curb their excesses”.

''Also the government is planning the procurement of seven new ferries to strengthen water transportation, so that when people have different alternatives that are safer and reliable, this menace of Okada will not only be a thing of the past, but also improve the security of Lagosians''. The Commissioner commended the Management of Lagos Traffic Radio for putting together the Retreat and urged the Station to position itself in supporting Government policies and programmes in the transportation sector, especially towards achieving the Intermodal Transport System aimed at ensuring free flow of traffic within the metropolis.

Pointing out that Traffic Radio plays a key role in ensuring that the Traffic Management and Transportation thrust of the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda is achieved, Omotoso noted that the State government has intensified efforts to deliver its intermodal transport system with the groundbreaking ceremony of the Red Line rail project recently inaugurated by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He said, “The Redline Rail Project, which Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu did the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, will be delivered in the last quarter of next year and is expected to run from Agbado to Oyingbo, a span of 37kilometres, with a target to convey one million passengers daily”.

''The funding for the project is already sorted out, so nothing can hinder the delivery of the Red Line Project. Also the Blue Line Rail Project from Marina to Mile 2 will be ready around