…Says Mischief Makers Using Land Use Charge To
Misinform Residents
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday debunked
rumours of increase in the cost of processing motor
vehicle particulars and application for number plates,
saying the rates remain the same across the State.
A statement by the State’s Commissioner for
Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan
said the clarification became necessary in response
to enquiries by members of the public who are
genuinely concerned about the rumours of increases
in charges relating to the motor vehicle
administration.
Bamigbetan said 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) should
report to the agency or the Ministry of
Transportation.
According to him, “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.”
He said some mischief makers 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. Speaking to journalists after
leading a symbolic walk against sexual and domestic
violence on Monday in Alausa, Governor Ambode
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.
Misinform Residents
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday debunked
rumours of increase in the cost of processing motor
vehicle particulars and application for number plates,
saying the rates remain the same across the State.
A statement by the State’s Commissioner for
Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan
said the clarification became necessary in response
to enquiries by members of the public who are
genuinely concerned about the rumours of increases
in charges relating to the motor vehicle
administration.
Bamigbetan said 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) should
report to the agency or the Ministry of
Transportation.
According to him, “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.”
He said some mischief makers 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. Speaking to journalists after
leading a symbolic walk against sexual and domestic
violence on Monday in Alausa, Governor Ambode
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.
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