Transportation: LASTMA deploys technology to reduce contact in traffic management

Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA) says it has deployed technology to reduce human contact in managing traffic in the state.

LASTMA’s Director Logistics and Transport, Mr Jubrin Oshodi, said this at the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) Awards and Dinner in Abuja.

“We have deployed the traffic management solution device to conduct enforcement instead of physical contacts between our operatives and violators.

“We have deployed drones to monitor and manage traffic to get real-time information as it relates to any activity, especially road traffic incidents on the road,” he said.

On winning the award of Best State Traffic Management Agency, Oshodi said it had been a challenging process.

“It is a challenge for us to be able to develop on our potential, improve on our efforts and bring to bear more meaningful and impactful results in what we do on a daily basis to ensure free flow of traffic.

“It is also challenging trying to ensure safe mobility, deploying advanced developmental paradigms within the society and drive economic prosperity for the benefit of the state and Nigeria as a whole,” he said.

He also stated that the agency was deploying technology in data collection to help the agency record road traffic incidents.

The Director-General of NITT, Dr Bayero Farah, noted that the award was to recognise, encourage companies and individuals who were outstanding in the transport sector.

Farah, who said that there were 15 awardees, said that their efforts had been instrumental to the growth of the transport systems in the country

Our correspondent reports that the awardees included APM Terminal Apapa-Maritime (large container terminal), as Operator of the year, Air Peace as Airline of the year, LASTMA as State transport parastatal of the year.

Our correspondent also reports that Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) got the Rural Transport and Logistics project of the year award.

Other awardees were: NEXIM Bank, as Institutional Leadership award for transport and logistics financing.

Mr Allen Onyema of Air Peace, Mr Oluwemimo Osanipin of APM Terminal, Shehu Mohammed of Skyway Aviation and Emi Otaji of RAAMP also got Trailblazers awards in their respective line of operations.