Omamus Thomas, Lagos
March 25, 2015 – The Lagos State Government will commence the issuance of provisional Taxi License Allocation Letter and badge to operators in the state with effect from Tuesday, 31st March, 2015 at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja.
Commissioner for Transportation, Comrade Kayode Opeifa said the provisional allocation letter will be issued only to taxi cab operators who were earlier accredited by the State Government through the Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) offices and captured on the data base of the Lagos State Public Transport Management System.
According to him, issuance of the allocation letter is in line with the agreement reached by the taxi cab operators with Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, during a stakeholder meeting held at the Blue Roof, LTV on Thursday 26th February, 2015.
“The provisional allocation letter will enable the taxi cab operators be fully integrated with the New Lagos Taxi System via the collection of the papers from the VIS following which a permanent taxi cab license would be issued.
“It would further enable the State Government pursue the transformation in the public transport industry, enhance professionalism, ensures standard and safety of life of the people”, he said.
With the commencement of the New Lagos Taxi System, only License holders will be able to operate taxi cab business in Lagos.
