Ogun State Ministry of Transportation has lifted the suspension order placed on commercial Bus Mass Transit shuttling between Abeokuta and Ijebu Ode in the State following the adherence of the operators to the necessary operational prerequisites laid down by government before plying the roads.
The Commissioner for Transportation in the State, Engr. Gbenga Dairo, who made this known while speaking with newsmen at the government's Computerised Vehicles Inspection Centre in Abeokuta, said the operators have complied with the laid down regulations by government following a comprehensive tests conducted on their buses.
Speaking through the Director of Vehicle Inspection Services, Engineer Adewale Ademehin, the Commissioner underscored the State government's stance on safety as its paramount objective, maintaining that such can only be achieved when commercial vehicles are in good condition and operation done with sanity on the road.
He said "the scale of damage and destruction caused by poor condition of vehicles plying the roads is a major concern of this administration and the State Government has immediately empowered the VIS and other sister agencies like Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Authority (TRACE) to ensure strict compliance and enforcement of basic vehicle care, road worthiness and safety actions that would mitigate the safety risks linked to incessant carnage orchestrated by vehicles' poor condition".
Dairo maintained that the safety of citizens of the State is paramount to the present government, assuring that Governor Dapo Abiodun will leave no stone unturned towards providing adequate safety on and off the road for the people of the State.
The General Manager of Priceberg Limited, operators of the BMT, Mr Adewale Odusanya, commended the State government for taking safety in the transport sector as a major concern, urging government to extend the comprehensive check on vehicles to all private and commercial vehicles in the State.
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