There is disquiet in the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service, VIS, as the head of the agency, Gbolahan Toriola is removed and redeployed.
Findings revealed that the VIS boss stepped on ‘big’ toes and he was removed from the agency to serve as punishment.
Toriola was redeployed by the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola in a circular recently. He was redeployed to the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, a ministry completely unrelated to transportation.
The VIS is on a special cadre and officers of the agency are not redeployed to other ministries because of their expertise in vehicle services until they attain the position of permanent secretary.
Since his redeployment, VIS officers are fully back on the road and causing traffic nuisance, using the old method to operate.
To the chagrin of all, Toriola was replaced with Akin Fashola who joined the civil service in 2015 as an Assistant Director on grade level 15. He was posted to the VIS in 2017. He was not employed on VIS cadre and is not a cadre officer, according to our findings. Two years later, he has been made the head of the VIS.
Unconfirmed report had it that Fashola is a cousin of the HOS.
PM News’ investigation revealed that after much protest, the HOS further redeployed Toriola from Ministry of Works to the administrative department, Ministry of Transportation.
The VIS, formerly known as Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIO, prior to 2012, was a unit in the ministry of Transportation. The administration of former Governor Babatunde Fashola established a special cadre for the unit and converted it to a department. The conversion was implemented in 2013, with the new name VIS.
This means that officers of the agency cannot be redeployed to other ministries because of the expertise and knowledge about the transportation sector in the state. With the conversion, Toriola because substantive VIS director in 2013 being the most senior officer in the cadre and has gone on several training, including that of the United Nations.
During the administration of the immediate past Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, VIS officers were taken off the road and asked to embrace technology rather than causing traffic gridlock on the road while trying to check vehicle papers and apprehend offenders.
There was great joy when Ambode ordered them to leave the road and employed the use of technology to carry out their activities. They were off the road for a long time studying to find the right technology to employ to tackle vehicles nuisance in the Lagos metropolis.
It was gathered that trouble started for Toriola when he removed one Animashaun, who is the brother of Gbolahan Animashaun in the Deputy Governor’s office, from being head of Coker-Aguda VIS over alleged sharp practices. Animashaun was redeployed to Oke-Odo.
After the swearing in of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Animashaun was said to have lobbied the Head of Service for redeployment out of Oke-Odo.
Government sources said the HOS ordered that Animashaun should be brought back to his former posting. Because the order was delayed, he was said to have threatened to take action against the VIS boss.
It was gathered that Animashaun was redeployed back to Coker Aguda as zonal head on his request in order to allow peace to reign.
Sources said other issues, such as GOKADA culminated in his removal. It was learnt that since the operation of GOKADA was contrary to the Lagos Road Traffic law baring them from plying about 475 roads in the metropolis, operators were said to have lobbied the HOS for a stay of the order baring them from plying restricted routes, such as expressways, bridges and others having invested so much in the business.
With insistence by Toriola that allowing them will go against the traffic law, he was said to have incurred the wrath of the HOS who would not want to be challenged.
However, it is on record that the VIS under Toriola introduced the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology for the verification of prescribed particulars. It is a robust database management system available such as autoreg.com, lagroute.org, where detailed information of the owner can be obtained without necessarily stopping the Vehicle through the integration of the technology of the relevant agencies data bases.
Also, it is also on record that the VIS increased its revenue generation from N175.8 million to N2.24 billion between 2007 and 2018.
At its Ojodu office, there is theintroduction of e-testing for drivers licence applicants, introduction of magnetic optical/ Autovin technology for pre–registration inspection and the introduction of ANPR technology for the enforcement of traffic rules and regulation, among several other achievements.
0gaGist: Two suspected Internet fraudsters, Ochuko Okikifo, 24, and Kind ThankGod, 34, were today Wednesday August 2th, arrested in Sapele, Delta State by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office.
The suspects were arrested in an early morning operation at their apartment in Sapele.
Diifferent types of cell phones were recovered from the suspects at the point of arrest.
They have confessed to be involved in romance scam will be charged to court.
Afro3: Popular Nigeria Disc Jockey, DJ Barbie has bagged an endorsement deal and is been decorated as an Ambassador of Top-Rated Nigeria Fashion Empire, El Jargo Couture. The endorsement of DJ Barbie exposed an expression of joy by the CEO, Mr. Bello, who applauded her, stressing that it was impressive to have her on-board.
The endorsement of DJ Barbie by El Jargo Couture does however sustains her creative works, stylish craft and her fast growing fame in the entertainment industry. Her sudden influence, premium performance and innovation has placed her on an incomparative pace.
With her endorsement, DJ Barbie would enjoy cash benefits and an official labelled fashion of El Jargo Couture for public events and shows. According to her Manager, DJ Barbie is one of the fast-rising Disc Jockey in Nigeria and we would do everthing possible to ensure she leads to the very top.
The endorsement is coming at a time when DJ Barbie has become the talk of the town, as she was recently honored and decorated with Aso Award and Medal as "Female DJ of the Year". She also bagged "Next Rated DJ" at the University Carnival Pageant, held few days ago.
The beautiful and adorable DJ, who spins magically on the wheels of spin is managed and promoted by Amity Global Network, an Award winning PR Agency, with leading records over the years.
'It is so painful and perplexing again. This is an injustice, the IG of police should call is men to order. Today Sunday 25th August the men of Nigeria police force killed one innocent man at Bello street ladipo Oshodi lagos, the man killed was a chair renter who rented chairs/tables for a church in bello street for a program in their church, the church invited high dignitaries which they came with escort of policemen, the renter man went their to pack all is chairs and tables about 8pm and the dignitaries are about to leave the police man took is gun and about to shoot it up and he face the renter man and shoot him at is head and the man dead instantly.
The police man must be brought to book.this is an injustice bcs injustice to one is an injustice to all, We are appealing to I.G of police to redraw all security men guiding this dignitaries, we are all the same, this can't happen oversea...
CDHR OSHODI UNITS is appealing to the area commander AREA F for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the killer police man and redrawer of police men to the convoy of dignitaries. It is highly barbaric.
: appealing to my local govt chairman Hon. Bolaji Muse Ariyo and the radical and indefatigable comrades and leaders of Oshodi, ladipo and shogunle, Ewutuntun to stand up and agitate against the killing of innocent Oshodi citizens and environment... It is high time we let the area commander knows that Nigeria police are going against their duties and responsibility, they are employed to guide and protest the Nigerian citizens not the rich people.
This is an injustice of the highest order.Injustice to one is an injustice to All.'
Ritzy10: A grandmother, identified as Mrs Bisi Ogedegbe, is currently lying unconscious in a hospital in Benin, Edo State, after being assaulted with a belt by a DPO in the State.
Giving an account of how it happened, her son said: “My mom is critically unconscious in the hospital after the DPO of a police station in Benin flogged her with his belt.
It all started when my younger sister was driving through the police station this morning and some policemen stopped her and asked for the documents of the car which she presented to them.
After seeing the documents they told her they would seize it till her husband comes to the station because he is wanted. They took her to their station at Ugbor and detained her and her 1-year-old son. .
She immediately called my mom who went there to solicit for her. My mom demanded to know what she had done and the officers directed her to the DPO's office. .
When she got there, she started to beg the man to let her go that she did nothing wrong. The DPO insisted that he won't talk to her and she was still begging when he pulled his belt and floged her till she fell on the floor and started crying for help.
Now she has been rushed to hospital by the same DPO who assaulted her. Two different hospital rejected her until the 3rd one, Samomen's Medical Centre, admitted her and place her on drips.
You can see the belt he used to flog her on the table. My younger sister was detained behind bars for even making the videos of my mom. This is the DPO who did all this. We are trying to get justice.”
CutenaijaMedia: Nollywood popular actress Mercy Johnson Okojie who recently celebrated 8th wedding anniversary with her husband Celebrates her 34th birthday today with amazing photos
According to Wikipedia
Mercy Johnson Okojie (born 28 August 1984) hails from Okene in Kogi State. Born in Lagos to a former naval officer, Mr Daniel Johnson and Mrs Elizabeth Johnson, she is the fourth child in a family of seven. She started her primary education in Calabar. Her father, being a naval officer, was later transferred to Lagos State where she continued her education at a Nigerian Navy Primary School. She went to a Rivers State Secondary School for her secondary education in addition to the Nigerian Navy Secondary School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
chiommy123: Honestly the means is too small to the needs. Some people are not being honest here. How many graduates are gainfully employed with House rent, feeding, transport, clothing plus parents to care for
Naijaalive: President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate termination of appointment of Rev. Tor Ujah, as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC).
A statement by the Director (Information) at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, said the termination was in line with the provision of Section 4, Sub-Section 3 of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission Act.
He said that Ujah has been directed to hand over to Mrs. Esther Kwaghe, Director of Administration in the Commission, who is to oversee the Office, pending the appointment of a Substantive Executive Secretary.
In a related development, President Muhammadu Buhari, has directed the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to work out an appropriate framework for the operation of offshore account maintained by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission and all other Federal Government Agencies in order to streamline their operations.
EmagNig: Big Brother Naija, BBNaija housemate Frodd received what can be termed as the most shocking moment of his life on the show, after Esther told him she is not the perfect girl for him.
The duo was captured on video having a conversation on what might happen if they end up with each other. Frodd who seemed to be so enthusiastic about dating the lady could be seen fantasizing on how he would deal with the situation.
But in what could be considered as an unexpected turn of event, Esther told him not to worry as he would find the perfect woman for that thrilling romantic moment. He was stunned immediately that he ceased to utter a word for some few seconds.
AutoReportNG: Seems the LAWMA team are tired of being nice to the shop owners who derived joy in dumping refuses along the road this time, they are manning up to challenges.
The Enforcement Team of Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has served intention to seal order against shops and plazas along Ogudu-Ojota Road for indiscriminate dumping of waste on the road median.
According to the images obtained by AutoReportNG, some shops are being closed and locked by officials of the Lagos State Government.
universaltv: Famous music star who has being away for some time now adds new toy to his car collections as he acquires new Lamborghini. He ask his fans may be he should keep it over their or ship it to Nigeria. Celebrities reacts to this at the comment section.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), wanted to be vice president to Atiku Abubakar in the 2007 general elections, Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele, former deputy-governor of Lagos State, has revealed.
Atiku was vice president from 1999 to 2007, and was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Daily Independent at the weekend, Bucknor-Akerele, who was elected as deputy to Tinubu on the platform of the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1999, said Tinubu sought her support to hijack the party from the leaders so as to use it for his political ambition.
Speaking further, she said her refusal to support Tinubu in his plans was the genesis of her political travails which eventually culminated in her resignation in December, 2002.
Bucknor-Akerele said: “He (Tinubu) did call me and said to me that he thought we should take over the party from the elders, who were the founders of the party.
“When I asked him why he wanted to do that, he said he needed to take control of the party structure because he wanted to be vice president to Atiku Abubakar in 2007.
“I said but how is that possible since Atiku is not a member of our party? We are in Alliance for Democracy (AD) while Atiku belongs to the PDP? He said I shouldn’t worry about that and should just cooperate with him in his plans.
“As a principled person, I refused and that was the genesis of my trouble with him. I believed that we should face governance and that the founders of the party should continue to run the party.”
Bucknor-Akerele also denied the claim that her relationship with Tinubu got strained because of insubordination.
“Well, I don’t think it is insubordination because, as my principal then, there was nothing he asked me to do that I did not do, at least as far as my duties as the deputy governor were concerned.
“The only thing I didn’t do is to join him in taking over the party from the elders who had supported us and put us as governor and deputy governor.
“He wanted me to join him in taking over the party from the elders and I refused. I believed that was a betrayal of trust which I would not be a party to.”
Also speaking on the crisis in Afenifere, Bucknor-Akerele insisted that the Reuben Fasoranti-led Afenifere cannot work together with the faction led by Senator Ayo Fasanmi because they don’t share the same ideology.
According to her, while the Fasoranti-led Afenifere is protecting and fighting for the interest of the Yoruba, the faction led by Senator Ayo Fasanmi is fighting for Tinubu’s interest.
“First of all, the group led by Ayo Fasanmi is not working for the interest of the Yoruba, as far as I am concerned. They are only after the interest of Bola Tinubu because he is the one who formed them and so they are working for his interest alone.
“So, the question of working together can hardly arise when one group is working for the interest of the Yoruba and the other is working for the interest of one man.
“To me, the Fasanmi faction is not Afenifere; the real Afenifere is the one being led by Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
“Afenifere was formed from Egbe Omo Oduduwa. My late father was the first President of the Egbe Omo Oduduwa and Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the Secretary. Egbe Omo Oduduwa was formed in my father’s house in London.
“They then brought it to Nigeria, and it was at a meeting of the Egbe Omo Oduduwa that Akinloye said, ‘What shall we call this group to make it appeal to the masses? We can’t call it Egbe Omo Oduduwa’.
“He said why don’t we call it Afenifere? And that was how Afenifere began. Afenifere was the precursor of the Action Group (AG).”
Also speaking on her expectations from new ministers who were inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari last week, Bucknor-Akerele said she had no expectations because the APC-controlled Federal Government had nothing to offer.
“I have no expectations whatsoever from this government. None at all. This government has nothing to offer, as far as I am concerned. They said next level; next level to where? Into the dungeon? I am sorry, but Nigeria is in a very sorry state. Are we calling ourselves a nation now?
“Look at what is happening! The economy has collapsed, yet they keep on lying to us that the economy is doing well. When they took over in May 2015, Gross Domestic Product was 5.1 percent, but today it is 1.4 percent.
“We know the exchange rate of the naira to the dollar, what it was then and we know how much it is now. It is almost tripled, yet they promised us that they would make one naira equals to the dollar. So, you can see that this is a government of liars. They are only there to line their pockets,” she said. https://www.independent.ng/tinubu-wanted-to-be-vp-to-atiku-bucknor-akerele/
2kurupt: If only you know the level of intrigues and manipulation involved in Nigerian's own brand of bureaucracy and government procedures you wouldn't say that.
That is why alot of Nigerians prefer to give their wards quality education by going for private schools
earthsync: This fool is mad. Why not start with corruption first, corruption that's tarnishing or Image both within and without, nonsense and ingredients
And he's really stvpid to think the like of bobrisky are bringing disgrace to Nigeria. I'm sure his children are probably in a western school where being homophobic is a crime and they've got a lot of bobriskys there!!! And these countries are doing fine!!
2kurupt: Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe the competency test was not duly conducted and probably features the usual nepotism & man-know-man factor that's common in government related affairs?
Are you saying the union cannot be part of competency test process from start to finish or are they afraid that competency test will reveal their incompetencies ?
PUSSYHOE: Who could know what God is/was doing than speculate. Adam existed before eve and survive even if its 1minute, then eve came and her survival has been attached to the man.
Millions of men have existed, survived and lived a happy life without a woman but i have never read or heard anywhere about a woman.
Politics › Re: Disquiet As Lagos VIS Head Is Removed by nabegibeg: 1:42pm On Aug 30, 2019
