The Lagos State Government has commenced the release of impounded vehicles to their owners without payment of fines.
The gesture, it was gathered ,was due to a cash crunch that has hit the nation following the naira redesign policy.
As part of efforts to scale up the palliative measure, the state government decided to release vehicles that were impounded for minor traffic offences to their owners without the payment of the accompanying fines.
The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederick Oladeinde, while briefing newsmen said that the exercise commenced last Saturday and is still ongoing.
According to Dr Oladeinde, when you look at what the governor proposed, especially during the cash crunch period, we have reduced public transport fares by 50 per cent.
He stressed that “there are some people that committed offences during that period and we understand the fact that money wasn’t easy to come by.
The commissioner stated that “all those who have committed crimes within that period should come and pick up their cars, that doesn’t mean people should continue to offend and so right now, what we are doing is to caution them not to commit the offence again.”
