Hyacinth Chinweuba
Security agencies including paramilitary and other traffic management agencies have agreed to collaborate in tackling the traffic problem in Lagos state.
The traffic management agreement was reached recently after a joint meeting chaired by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police CP Hakeem Odumosu, at the Police Command Headquarters, GRA, Ikeja.
This was a follow up to the emergency meeting the CP had with Area Commanders, Area Operations Officers, State Traffic Officer and Divisional Traffic Officers on traffic management and control.
In attendance were representatives of the Nigerian Army, Air Force, Navy, Department of State Service (DSS) Civil Defence, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), and Neighborhood Watch.
In the meeting, they agreed on a multi-agency approach and collaboration to holistically manage and control traffic and traffic-related crimes in the State. It was equally agreed that personnel of the various agencies is warned against violating traffic laws.
Odumosu had earlier during his taking over from the former Commissioner of police declared a state of emergency on traffic in the state.
He vowed to put his men and officers on their toes in the fight against crime and to make sure that traffic issues were tackled headlong.
Odumosu had assured that residents of Lagos would sleep with their eyes closed and that they would always arrive at their destinations on time as traffic would flow in the state.