Lagos Assembly Says Motor Parks Management, Sole Responsibility Of LASPA
The Lagos State House of Assembly has said by law all parks, garages and parking activities are under the ambit of the State’s Parking Authority.
The House said that there should not be any contention over the steps being taken by the state government following the crisis currently rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).
The House made this known through the Chairman, House Committee On Transportation, Hon. Temitope Adewale, on Friday at the Assembly Complex, Alausa-Ikeja, Lagos.
Adewale said the legislative arm had been very proactive as it already has a law creating the Lagos State Parking Authority, which should now oversee activities at all the parks in the state.
According to him, the House is fully aware of developments in the transportation union and now that the crisis has resulted in the banning of NURTW activities in Lagos, it is clear to state that all parks, garages and parking activities would be under the Lagos State Parking Authority as stipulated by law.
He said at the stage the NURTW has found itself, the state has to take charge of the situation to avoid a breakdown of law and order.
Adewale added that, by law, the state’s Parking Authority has a General Manager on whose shoulders the responsibility now falls to manage the parks at the moment.
“The law approves a General Manager for the Parking Authority. Lagosians should be calm. The situation is under control as the government takes necessary actions,” said Adewale.
It would be recalled that the state government had not only announced the suspension of all NURTW activities in the state but also denied appointing the suspended Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) as General Manager of Lagos Transport Parks and Garages Committee, a committee that is believed to be under the state Parking Authority (LSPA).
The announcement came few hours after Mr. Akinsanya, the suspended Chairman of the Lagos Council of NURTW, announced the pull out of himself and other members of the union from the national body and called on the state government to run the affairs of all motor parks and garages.
