Lagos Directs Drivers To Register With VIO

As part of its efforts to reform the transportation sector, the Lagos State Government has directed vehicle owners, drivers and their conductors to go and register at the nearest Vehicle Inspection Offices (VIOs) nearest to them.
The directive, the transportation ministry stated, was to sustain security and safety already established in the state by the traffic law.
Giving credence to the directive, the Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, has directed commuter bus drivers in Lagos to go for accreditation of their vehicles at various Vehicle Inspection Offices (VIO) in the state.
He said the accreditation of the owners of commuters buses was meant to ensure that all operators were captured in the state government’s data base to curtail atrocities and crimes committed with the use of unregistered commercial buses.
Agbede warned bus drivers in the state to take the issue of accreditation and registration seriously. “Government wants to use the programme to prevent kidnapping, robbery and other crimes perpetrated by the usage of unregistered commercial vehicles,” he added.
Agbede explained that he had already informed members of the union during the last monthly meeting on the importance attached to the accreditation exercise.
He advised members to go for the accreditation exercise before the commencement of the enforcement by the state government.