GOVERNOR Bababjide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, formally launched the First and Last Mile, FLM, bus scheme with 500 buses and 100 high capacity buses, under the Lagos State Bus Service Limited.
LSBL, aimed at replacing the operations of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders in the state.
Okada riders have been a tool in the hands of bandits, robbers and miscreants across the country to access Trunk C roads and narrow terrains to wreck havock in communities.
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The Governor noted that the cashless buses is coming out of security concerns and that the state will seek partnerships for more in coming months.
“The implementation of FLM is in response to the yearnings of the public, during the last security forum, following painstaking steps which involved stakeholders’ engagement to get everyone involved and obtain their buy-in.
“We shall soon commence the construction of two transport interchanges at Mile 2 and Marina.
“As a responsible government, we did this in response to two major issues: one, the alarming statistics of fatal accidents recorded from the operations of Okadas in the State between 2016 and 2019, and two, the exploitation of Okadas for the facilitation of crime across the metropolis.
“We held a Town Hall Meeting to deliberate extensively on issues of security in Lagos State, with various stakeholders cutting across the fields of law enforcement, civil society organizations; labour union leaders; royal fathers and religious bodies.
“It is instructive to note that some of the key resolutions from the town hall meeting identified various issues as being the root cause of the increase in crime rate being witnessed in the state.
With the ingenuity of Lagos State Government in tackling insecurity in the country’s commercial nerve center, other states can also adopt a tech oriented approach even if it will make use of existing 3-legged vehicles known as Keke Napep or the digitization of all motorcycles and vehicles. Only proactive goverments like Lagos will be able to scale through with local problems.
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