Vehicle Inspection Service commences sensitization exercise in Lagos

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Vehicle Inspection Service is set to commence statewide sensitization exercise for commercial drivers and other road users&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">This is coming ahead of the ember months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The programme is an advocacy approach to address truck and tanker drivers&period; It involves education&comma; basic training on road traffic rules&comma; safety measures and precautions&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Therefore&comma; government intents to eradicate the negative effect of overloading and speed limitation during the ember months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In line with the directives of Governor <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Babajide Sanwo-Olu<&sol;a>&comma; the service would addres <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;punchng&period;com">menace <&sol;a>of truck drivers in the state&period; They have vowed to bring sanity to all the roads in Lagos&period; Engineer Akin George Fashola said the marching orders of the governor would checkmate the activities of all trucks&semi; tankers&comma; trailers and rickety vehicles such as danfo&comma; buses and others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Akin George Fashola added that sellers of drugs and liquor should desist from such&period; The serviceis determined to put an end to drug and <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;guardian&period;ng">alcohol related <&sol;a>road accidents&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He warned the drivers to desist from patronizing the &OpenCurlyQuote;paraga’ sellers as to enable them concentrate on the road&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Sanwo-Olu&comma; in December 2019&comma; it would be recalled&comma; commissioned Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The governor noted that there had been substantial improvement in the implementation of the State’s traffic laws with the introduction of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Automatic Number Plate Recognition &lpar;ANPR&rpar; <&sol;a>and Lagos Computerised Vehicle Inspection Services &lpar;LACVIS&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He added that the digital initiatives had complemented other electronic services introduced in the transportation sector to boost the State’s capacity in realising the &OpenCurlyQuote;Smart City’ aspiration and transforming the economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With the commissioning of this new operational headquarters for VIS officers&comma; we are consolidating on the progress we have recorded so far in transforming the transportation sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;