Unpainted Intra-State Commercial Vehicles To Be Impounded – LASTMA

Lagos State Government on Saturday announced plans to impound unpainted intra-state commercial vehicles across the state beginning from Monday, November 7, 2022.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba who disclosed this in his office in Oshodi, said, this is to ensure commercial driver’s adherence to the laws and regulations guiding the operation of all commercial vehicle operators in the state.

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He authorised that all intra-state buses be painted in Red or Yellow with Black Stripes henceforth saying, “Given the need to comply with the laws and regulations guiding the operation of all commercial vehicle operators, the Lagos State Government has again warned that all intra-state commercial bus operators must ensure that their vehicles are painted in Red or Yellow with Black Stripes or be impounded by the Government.”

“The Agency will commence an enforcement exercise on all unpainted commercial vehicles from Monday, 7th of November, 2022 across the State.”

Mr. Oreagba divulged further that the warning was to ensure that commercial bus operators, especially those on Intra-State services comply with the existing law of Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018 to restore sanity on the roads and protect the lives and property of Lagosians.

He emphasised that all minibusses known as ‘Danfo’ including ‘Korope’ should be painted Yellow with Black stripes while mass transit buses with two doors are to be painted with approved Red Colour by operators.

Oreagba also noted that all buses that have been authorized to ply Victoria Island and its environs with an approved color must all be registered through the various established offices.

The General Manager, therefore, urged all commercial bus operators to comply with the warning in their interest, adding that officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have been directed to impound any commercial bus not painted in the approved Lagos State color of red or yellow with black stripes and that any vehicle impounded will not be released until the needful is done per the Law.

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“All commercial buses must be duly registered with commercial numbers plates and hackney permits issued by the appropriate authority in Lagos. Also, all approved area shuttle buses must henceforth restrict their operations to their ‘approved’ areas of coverage as anyone caught outside their jurisdiction would be impounded and charged to court accordingly,” he stated.

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