Lagos To Acquire Traffic Software Vehicles

The Lagos State Government has said that plans are underway to procure hi-tech software vehicles to enhance traffic and transport management in the state.

Speaking at the workshop on traffic signalisation and synchronisation, the Commissioner for Transportation, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, said the move was to take transportation management from present analogue to a more sophisticated and scientific based mode.

He said the one-week workshop was aimed at sensitising state traffic managers on rescue and incidence management, traffic signalisation and synchronisation, road safety audit and hi-tech traffic management systems.

The Commissioner stated that the plan to procure the software vehicles necessitated the training of officers to equip them with necessary knowledge and skills to utilise the equipment.

He expressed the hope that participants will master the fundamentals of the various areas of hi-tech traffic and incidence management and other strategic related areas.

Earlier in his goodwill message, the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Adesegun Ogunlewe said, that the workshop provides a veritable platform for professionals to learn about best practices which are in conformity with acceptable global standard in some areas of core competence in traffic engineering.

Mr Ogunlewe, described the training as a step in the right direction as the government could now boast of informed professionals and institutions that will consistently seek to improve the process of service delivery, while not compromising standard and compliance.

Declaring the workshop open, the Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Mrs. Florence Oguntuase, said public servants should understand the key policy thrust of the government in order to situate the relevance and importance of their services.

She therefore charged the participants to absorb all the knowledge they can and subsequently put them to good use at their various duty posts to justify the investment in improving their competences and capabilities.

The all inclusive workshop have participants drawn from Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDA's whose services impact on public transportation including students from the School of Transport of Lagos State University, Ojo.