It is obvious that Lagos state is putting measures in place to eradicate lawlessness in Lagos state and improve decency and sane society lifestyle.


I know many Nigerians are not used to laws and obeying laws, they are lawless and criminally minded, but they are free to walk over to the other side of Nigeria and remain there while Lagos move ahead into the future.

Lagos and their exploitation sha. We are watching ooo

I hate when pple trying to compare nigeria with a develop country

lagos is very stupid for that

This is pretty standard. If you move to Texas for example, at some point you'll need to exchange your Utah driver's license, license plates, etc and register yourself with Texas.

I'm actually surprised that one could in the past have used e.g. Kano plates in Lagos, despite the vehicle being based in Lagos.

ogugua88:

I think we need to see the full contents of the law. If they're copying the US, then these drivers need to provide proof of permanent residence or gainful employment. It's a good idea, but I do have questions pertaining its timing as well as its requirements. A lot of drivers, especially okada men, don't have permanent places of residence. If you go according to the California law, if one doesn't have a residence, then gainful employment is required. Is being a driver considered gainful employment?

This is where youre getting it wrong. California might have that "Employment" clause, but in most other states they give you a certain amount of time and if youre living in the state past that time its either you register your car in that state or you get out. What Lagos is doing is not out of the norm. At least since theres going to be a database it will aid in gathering information of registered vehicles be it for Data purposes or even (criminal) investigations. It could also decongest the state of (uninsured) cars from other states. Why should your commercial vehicle be registered in another State, is not involved in inter-state transportation, but is leeching off of Lagos?

So, yes, on this one I agree with the Govt.Of Lagos State. Register your commercial vehicle or take it back to your village. Simple as that.

ilugunboy:

Good....try and break the law to test it as soon as you can.

However ask from people that are more knowledgeable than you in law of where the law will be tested in court...unless you are going to test it up to Supreme court.

The sarcasm was lost on you. I know about jurisdiction and all that. I mentioned Abuja to drive home the point that Lagos is just and only just a small part of the Fedration called Nigeria. Besides, the case may go all the way to Abuja so as to determine if LASG has the right to bar other state vehicles from Lagos. If they insist on Lagos number plates, then they must have to reissue it FREE OF CHARGE. Bus owners have already paid for number plates in their various states.

lagos's law with wahala. Na so so law we dey see no something tangible i can point at they do. Anyway, 2015 wil judge them.

kingoflag:

Why should your commercial vehicle be registered in another State, is not involved in inter-state transportation, but is leeching off of Lagos?

If the point of the law is to register businesses/individuals that operate commercial vehicles in Lagos State and guarantee that they pay tax, they could still do that without forcing people to change their plate numbers.

We will soon start paying for every cubic of air we breathe in this Lagos state. Very very soon, other states will start demanding "road pass" before you can drive through their state to your destination. I guess they do that in Texas, and other states in the USA and UK too. Anyone in the house.

ekt_bear: This is pretty standard. If you move to Texas for example, at some point you'll need to exchange your Utah driver's license, license plates, etc and register yourself with Texas.

I'm actually surprised that one could in the past have used e.g. Kano plates in Lagos, despite the vehicle being based in Lagos.

WHAT'S YOUR POINT BRO.?

Redstone:

WHAT'S YOUR POINT BRO.?

That was in simple English and very understandable...

demmy:

If the point of the law is to register businesses/individuals that operate commercial vehicles in Lagos State and guarantee that they pay tax, they could still do that without forcing people to change their plate numbers.

How do you suggest they do that? Apart from other benefits associated with knowing every vehicle and their drivers operating within your borders, registration is a valid form of taxation, taxes from registration build roads and other infrastructures that people from other states enjoy free of charge at the expense of tax paying Lagosians.

Many Nigerians want to remain in the stone age, but in Lagos state, if you are not ready to enter 21st century, there are 35 other states in Nigeria for you to pick from... It your choice.

Gradually, Fashola is returning sanity to Lagos. I wish him the best. Some of us can no longer live in that place, too many madt people.

u3fine: If this Law was made in a PDP controlled state, ACN ( Lai Lai Mohammed) would has castigated d state. He will even say the state wants to break from the Country.

U are on point my bro,dat lai muhammed wud av talked and made all sorts of nonsens and irrelevant comments,jus because it is CAN he kept quite,

There is no problem with this law 1st -it is for those that are operating as commercial vehicles
2nd -if you must retain your number while operating inter-state then stop at designated parks for inter-state.
3rd -its not made for private owners living in lagos for less than 90 days.
...lets face other better discussions than spoiling for ethnic wars against good laws.Ther is no problem with this law 1st -it is for those that are operating as commercial vehicles
2nd -if you must retain your number while operating inter-state then stop at designated parks for inter-state.
3rd -its not made for private owners living in lagos for less than 90 days.
...lets face other better discussions than spoiling for ethnic wars against good laws.Ther is no problem with this law 1st -it is for those that are operating as commercial vehicles
2nd -if you must retain your number while operating inter-state then stop at designated parks for inter-state.
3rd -its not made for private owners living in lagos for less than 90 days.
...lets face other better discussions than spoiling for ethnic wars against good laws.

born2fuck: The topic is deceiving it should have been" Lagos won't allow other plate numbers to operate commercial purpose"

no read the post well,private owners will still be victims

Coolturbo: Na wa o, Lagos state wants to have their own country ,am very sure, they will soon have their own money, rubbish.

so what happen to the car if it enter ogun state or onitsha,will it change the num to those of those states,abi them go remain for lagos?? if other state join no inter state journey will be avialable again.if na ibo state start this them go say ibo love money,what a big insult to us,this is rubbish

ikennahill:

so what happen to the car if it enter ogun state or onitsha,will it change the num to those of those states,abi them go remain for lagos?? if other state join no inter state journey will be avialable again.if na ibo state start this them go say ibo love money,what a big insult to us,this is rubbish

Read the article again and stop the illiterate talk....

Lagos is about to introduce new currencies for his residents.the government has established state reserve bank in partnership a chinese bank so as to shield lagos economy from collpasing national economy.

Coolturbo: Na wa o, Lagos state wants to have their own country ,am very sure, they will soon have their own money, rubbish.

tayoTFC: people should read and understand the content of the message before comment.
howeve, the benefit of tbe law according to my understanding are as follow,
1, SECURITY- One every commercial vehicle is register and store in the lagos state transport Database the issue of one chance will reduce cos vitim can easily identify the plate number and report to the nearest station and the owner of such vehicle could be identify for procecution.
2. it will reduce reckless driving among the commercial drivers- since passager can report the plate number to FRSC to check the driving ability of the driver and if fould guilty the licence could be withdraw
3. it will reduce Accidence among commercial motorist cos one u drive reckless or the driver have drink paraga/ smoke igbo such driver could be report and cution throught the new database record since it contain all the owner information
4. criminal would not be able to used the vehicle to rob passager etc.
it will go along way to sanitse the transportation industry..expecialy the danfo drivers

Brother Tayo, read what you wrote here.

Apart from politics, there's little, if any, benefit of this egregious policy.

Common! Don't they have intelligent people there?

Lagos State, since the administration of Bola Tinubu, has been on the case of Nigeria.

And yet, it is Nigeria's money that the military used to build the bridges and construct 70% of the roads, the two wings of the airports, military barracks, railways terminals, education and health facilities etc.

What is this suppose to mean, to counter Bayelsa or Osun raising their own flags or what?

Listen! This is going to be counter-productive.

Lagos plate number is the preferred number across the country.

The economics is weird. How do they want to raise revenue like this. How would you raise needed revenue when you are discouraging people from your state?

Lagos will actually lose a lot of revenue if/when other states borrow their template.

Mark it, Lagos is going the way of California, this won't happen overnight though, but it will happen. And then like California, the nation's largest economy will not be able to pay its debts or its staff.

Go to any state in the country and see for yourself, there are many Lagos plate numbers on Abeokuta road for instance.

Or is the state's finances in dire strait that they don't want people to know?

There is no doubts other states will borrow this template in some form.

Currently, Ogun State is disputing about 1.5billion in PAYE annual accrual by law, "the residency clause" which Lagos has been "illegally" collecting and this may further exacerbate the situation.

A smarter governor would find a way of attracting more people from other states to troop to Lagos to register their vehicles instead of this divisive stuffs. They are interested in staying in Lagos, they just want to carry Lagos number. A revenue conscious Lagos government would find an incentive for these vehicle owners to pay the subsequent years' Auto Reg to Lagos even right from their various states.

With one side of the mouth, Lagos officials will claim the state is a melting pot while their other side of the mouth is used to say nonsense like residents becoming citizens after 3 months. What about Law School students or University of Lagos students who drive cars but leave for holidays and leave after 1 year to their various states. What about Youth Corp Members, the several people in different sectors who have come to Lagos for one form of academic or professional cause or another?

And when the backlash start, they won't be able to control it. When other states begin to borrow their template, they'll begin to sulk and asking for federal allocation to Lagos.

The Niger Delta states are more serious than many people think. This sort of thing would only strengthen their determination, NLNG headquarters was recently relocated to Port Harcourt with the attendant significant loss in PAYE to Lagos and more will follow, at the end of the day because of the stark reality of serious revenue loss, Lagos will device another totally insane policy, maybe asking people to marry their spouse in Lagos since they are paying taxes there.

If Cross River government says for instance that all goods to be traded in its state must be cleared at Calabar ports or Rivers says it must be Onne ports or Anambra says their own must be at the newly commissioned port, what will Lagos say?

And the security argument is so hollow. It is either a joke or that person needs to visit a correction facility.

What is the statistics of crime committed using other states' registered vehicles in Lagos?

May be we need to know, otherwise it is just bogus.

By the way, the Federal Road Safety Commission cited security as one of the major reasons for introducing the new plate number. We were told that the data is centralized and crimes committed in Sokoto can be resolved through the arrest of the suspect in Enugu with the new database, so what happened to that claim? Is Lagos not trusting the FRSC or what?


Pretty soon, Lagos will tell people to convert their certificates to that of Lagos issued through assessment before they can work in Lagos.

And then the so-called human rights activists will not utter any word for this form of secession from the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The so-called Save Nigeria Group will not say a word apparently because it does not come from their political opponent.

If they succeed in this, the next one will be to ban driver's licenses obtained from other states in Lagos.

I expect lawyers to take this up in the courts.

I expect the national assembly to bear if full legislative fangs, this is not a case of Obasanjo versus Tinubu that they turned the illegal creation of local governments into, this is about Nigeria.

^^^^^^ You are not making any sense with your mismatched analogies..

Eko Ile: ^^^^^^ You are not making any sense with your mismatched analogies..

Ok, you can move on to something else mean time.

porka:

Ok, you can move on to something else mean time.

That shouldn't stop you from making sense and putting forward sensible and intelligent analogies

Eko Ile:



That shouldn't stop you from making sense and putting forward sensible and intelligent analogies

Oh! Your moving on is difficult to understand as well?

porka:

Oh! Your moving on is difficult to understand as well?

More like making sense and putting forward sensible and intelligent analogies is difficult for you to understand.

Come 2015 we must save Lagos State from the tyrannical rule of Tinubu and his cohorts. Enough is enough

lekonso: Come 2015 we must save Lagos State from the tyrannical rule of Tinubu and his cohorts. Enough is enough

I could not agree more. This nonsense that they are doing must be stopped.

lekonso: Come 2015 we must save Lagos State from the tyrannical rule of Tinubu and his cohorts. Enough is enough

I think there should be a credible alternative though.

Change for change sake will produce something like current Libya after Ghadafi.

kheart: Arrant nonsense, why not enact law for people to have yoruba mark on their face too.

i jus love nairalanders....u guys make me happy afta a ruff day....lmfao. Tanx bro

good, he is setting the right conditions for the state to become all it could be