Lagos Govt suspends ad-hoc teams on removal of abandoned vehicles in all LGs/LCDAs

The entire ad-hoc teams of the Committee on Removal of Abandoned Vehicles (RAVC) operating in the 20 Local Governments (LGs) and 37 Local Council Development Area (LCDAs) in Lagos State are hereby suspended with immediate effect.

The entire ad-hoc teams of the Committee on Removal of Abandoned Vehicles (RAVC) operating in the 20 Local Governments (LGs) and 37 Local Council Development Area (LCDAs) in Lagos State are hereby suspended with immediate effect.

This decision according to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Oluwatoyin Fayinka is taken to appraise and review the operation of the teams given the several complaints by members of the public on the activities of some of the units which is causing embarrassment to the State Government.

The Special Adviser explained that the Central Committee of RAVC would continue operating. He however warned that any ad-hoc team found operating after this notice will be handed over to Law Enforcement for trial and prosecution following the Law of the State as captured in the Traffic Sector Reform Law (TSRL) 2018.

Fayinka further stated that the RAVC while in operation was able to remove many abandoned vehicles which hitherto posed as environmental nuisances, security and traffic impediments.

The Special Adviser call on members of the public whose vehicles are impounded to come to RAVC Office, (Former VIO Office), Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja to process the release of their vehicles.

Assuring that the Central Committee would continue adhering to its statutory responsibility, Fayinka advised the Public to forward requests for the removal of all sorts of abandoned or stationary vehicles in their respective areas to his Office, Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Ministry of Transportation, the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja.

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