Lagos denies increasing motor vehicle registration number plate rates

LAGOS State government has debunked rumours of an increase in
the cost of processing motor vehicle particulars and application
for number plates, saying the rates remained the same across the
State.

The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr
Kehinde Bamigbetan, said this on Tuesday in a statement, noting
that the clarification became necessary in response to enquiries by
members of the public who were genuinely concerned about the
rumours of increases in charges relating to the motor vehicle
administration.

The commissioner challenged anyone with evidence of any increase
in motor registration rates from any of the official centres
managed by the Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Authority
(MVAA) to report to the agency or the Ministry of
Transportation.

“Although, the cost of maintaining the roads and expanding
infrastructures which ease the operations of vehicles is enormous,
the Lagos State government shall continue to bear the burden of
keeping the roads motorable and safe for all users,” Bamigbetan
said.

The commissioner accused some mischief makers who he said were
desperately exploiting the challenges posed to the government by
the new Land Use Charge Law which seeks to raise more money for the
provision of public infrastructures for the benefit of all, to
misinform the public.

It would be recalled that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had also
debunked insinuations that many tax items were reviewed upward,
saying that the claim was not true.

The governor, who spoke to journalists after leading a symbolic
walk against s3xual and domestic violence on Monday in Alausa, said
his administration was very sensitive to the people, and would not
go all out to deliberately overburden them.

“I want Lagosians to understand one particular issue. We have
over 300 tax items for which nothing has been touched apart from
this Land Use Charge and maybe one other. But again, we are a very
responsive government; we are very sensitive because, at the end of
the day, governance is about the people; it is about what they
want.

“Yes, people might like that infrastructural development is on
the progressive chart in Lagos but also it comes with a price. But
notwithstanding in the middle of all that, a responsive government
will listen to the yearnings of her people.

“At the end of the day, it’s all for the development of Lagos.
What this government is interested in is to create a trajectory and
framework of permanent prosperity for Lagos. It is not about today,
it is about the future and if there is going to be permanent
prosperity in Lagos, some things have to be done but I can tell you
based on the dialogue and the things we have been receiving on the
Land Use Charge, obviously we would respond positively to those
yearnings,” Governor Ambode said.

LAGOS State government has debunked rumours of an increase in
the cost of processing motor vehicle particulars and application
for number plates, saying the rates remained the same across the
State.

The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr
Kehinde Bamigbetan, said this on Tuesday in a statement, noting
that the clarification became necessary in response to enquiries by
members of the public who were genuinely concerned about the
rumours of increases in charges relating to the motor vehicle
administration.

The commissioner challenged anyone with evidence of any increase
in motor registration rates from any of the official centres
managed by the Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Authority
(MVAA) to report to the agency or the Ministry of
Transportation.

“Although, the cost of maintaining the roads and expanding
infrastructures which ease the operations of vehicles is enormous,
the Lagos State government shall continue to bear the burden of
keeping the roads motorable and safe for all users,” Bamigbetan
said.

The commissioner accused some mischief makers who he said were
desperately exploiting the challenges posed to the government by
the new Land Use Charge Law which seeks to raise more money for the
provision of public infrastructures for the benefit of all, to
misinform the public.

It would be recalled that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had also
debunked insinuations that many tax items were reviewed upward,
saying that the claim was not true.

The governor, who spoke to journalists after leading a symbolic
walk against s3xual and domestic violence on Monday in Alausa, said
his administration was very sensitive to the people, and would not
go all out to deliberately overburden them.

“I want Lagosians to understand one particular issue. We have
over 300 tax items for which nothing has been touched apart from
this Land Use Charge and maybe one other. But again, we are a very
responsive government; we are very sensitive because, at the end of
the day, governance is about the people; it is about what they
want.

“Yes, people might like that infrastructural development is on
the progressive chart in Lagos but also it comes with a price. But
notwithstanding in the middle of all that, a responsive government
will listen to the yearnings of her people.

“At the end of the day, it’s all for the development of Lagos.
What this government is interested in is to create a trajectory and
framework of permanent prosperity for Lagos. It is not about today,
it is about the future and if there is going to be permanent
prosperity in Lagos, some things have to be done but I can tell you
based on the dialogue and the things we have been receiving on the
Land Use Charge, obviously we would respond positively to those
yearnings,” Governor Ambode said.