The Lagos state government,Friday placed indefinite suspension on the activities of ad-hoc Committee on Removal of Abandoned Vehicles (RAVC) operating in the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas
The action was sequel to the allegation of extortion and harassment of public against the committee.
The government had last September suspended the committee in view of several complaints by members of the public on the activities of some of the units, which they claimed was causing embarrassment to the state government.
Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, Commissioner for Transportation, Lagos State,who conveyed the latest action in a statement, said that the activities of the committee have once again be suspended indefinitely across the state.
He hinted that the public has once again complained severally against the committee, regretting that this was causing embarrassment to the state government despite several reviews conducted on the operational guidelines of the team.
He warned that any ad-hoc team found operating after this notice would be handed over to the law enforcement agencies for trial and prosecution in accordance with the Law of the State as captured in the Traffic Sector Reform Law (TSRL) 2018.
Oladeinde,who implored the general public to take note of the order, also advised abandoned vehicles owners, which hitherto posed as environmental nuisances, security and traffic impediment to remove them from the roads as this directive is not an excuse for negligence of the Traffic Laws of the state.