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LASTMA Impounds 30 Cars, Blue Line Moved 583k Passengers In 4-Months, NCS : “We Didn’t Raise Import Duty”, FAAN HQ Moved To Lagos, News In The Past Week
LASTMA impounds 30 vehicles, Blue Line moved 583k passengers in 4-months, Customs : “We didn’t raise import duty”, FAAN HQ moved to lagos, news in the past week.
LASTMA Impounds 30 Vehicles Over Illegal Parking
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Wednesday January 17th (today) impounded 30 vehicles over illegal parking around Apongbon and Glover Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
In a statement by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, the agency noted that the exercise is in continuation of a general enforcement operations to unlock every traffic bottleneck across the State.
Mr. Adebayo also confirmed further that the exercise was carried out after several warnings to both private and commercial bus drivers to stop indiscriminate parking by road sides and walkways across the State.
Lagos Blue Line Has Moved 583,000 Passengers In 4 Months – LAMATA
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has revealed that the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line (Marina – Mile 2) has moved 583,000 passengers to date, just 4 months after the commencement of commercial operations.
In a post shared via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday January 18th, LAMATA wrote :
“Since its launch on September 4th 2023, the Blue Line, the first of several planned rail lines in Lagos, has already served an impressive 583,000 passengers by January 4th, 2024, demonstrating its positive impact on the city’s transportation system”.
Currently, a full ride along the 13-kilometers stretch between Marina and Mile 2 costs N750 naira and lasts about 28 minutes, including 90-second stop at each station.
FG Moves FAAN Headquarters From Abuja To Lagos
The Federal Government of Nigeria has authorised the relocation of the corporate Headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to its original base, Lagos, where it has operated for decades until recently.
In a press release by the agency, the public affairs and consumer protection of FAAN, Mrs Obiageli Orah, highlighted some of reasons for the relocation to include :
“Those affected by the decision to move the headquarters to Abuja have since returned to Lagos as there is no office space for them in Abuja. It was ill-advised in the first place to move the headquarters to Abuja when there was no single FAAN building in Abuja to accommodate all of them at once.”
NCS Didn’t Raise Import Duty, But Only Aligned With CBN’s Official Exchange Rate – Customs Boss
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has clarified that the agency doesn’t willfully raise duties paid on imports but only aligned with the new foreign exchange (FX) rate prescribed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Recall that the federal government last December increased import duties by as much as 22.24 per cent, a development that reportedly drove the cost of clearing a 40-foot container from N7.3 million to N8.9 million.
Speaking on Arise News Channel on Tuesday, the Customs boss explained that the decision was part of the “repercussions” of the CBN’s effort at enforcing a single FX window.
