Nobody is banning VIOs from the roads - Lagos state Commissioner for Transportation

Lagos state Commissioner for Transportation, Prince Olanrewaju Elegushi, and the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, in separate interviews on Tuesday in Lagos, said that the Vehicle Inspection Service officials have not being completely banned in the state.
They said the Vehicle Inspection Officers are currently undergoing training to improve their services in line with global best practices.

Elegushi, said, “Nobody is banning VIOs from the roads; there is no directive to that effect from the governor of Lagos State.

“Right now, the VIS officials in the state are undergoing training on how they will improve their services on Lagos roads.

“It is a month’s long event for the officials where they will undergo intensive training so that they will be able to deliver quality and better service across the state.

“We all believe that VIOs need to perform their functions in a more civilised way and be technologically driven,’’ he said.

Also, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde, said that LASG’s order to the Vehicle Inspection Officers to vacate the roads was to pave way for its reforms.

It is also come up with improved service delivery in the state, the commissioner said.

“There is an ongoing reform as to how the VIO carries out its operations, which might require that the inspection officers are off the streets at this point.

It was earlier reported that Governor Akinwumi Ambode had on May 4 ordered the VIOs to keep off the roads following complaints from the public on how they were discharging their functions.



“The government is keen to have their operations more streamlined and technologically-driven in order to serve the good people of Lagos better,” Ayorinde said.

The state government believed that the officials needed to acquire more training so that they could serve residents of the state better, he said.