Governor bans VIO permanently, urges FRSC to stay off Lagos roads

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has placed a permanent ban on the operations of the state’s Vehicles Inspection Officers (VIOs).

Ambode announced the permanent ban on Tuesday, May 16, and also urged the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to restrict its activities to major highways and keep off Lagos streets.

The government, on May 4, announced a temporary ban on VIOs after receiving complaints about the officers’ behavior while discharging their duties.

“The truth is that the transport ministry is undergoing restructuring, including the VIOs. The commissioner for transportation had made some recommendations, which he will present at the State Executive Council meeting and things can move forward from there,” Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde said.

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“But we all believe that the VIOs’ activities should be technologically driven and more. These will be seen soon,” he added.

However, both Ayorinde and Commissioner for Transportation, Prince Olanrewaju Elegushi denied, at the time, that the VIOs had been permanently banned saying that they had only gone for training to improve their services in line with global best practices.