The Lagos State Government has announced plans to introduce on-street parking charges in designated areas of the state, starting from October this year.
The affected areas include Lekki, Surulere, and other locations.
According to The PUNCH, the state government has been writing religious bodies, including churches and mosques, organisations and event centres to notify them of the commencement of the on-street parking charges.
The government, in a letter directed to the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Lagos State branch, informed the body that vehicles parked by the church and members on designated streets will be charged hourly, while indiscriminately parked vehicles will be enforced accordingly.
Dated July 19 and signed by the Head of Operations of Lagos State Parking Authority, Ayokunle Akinrinmisi, the letter reads, “I am directed to inform your revered organisation that LASPA will be commencing its on-street parking scheme at designated streets within the Lagos State metropolis.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Parking Authority, Adebisi Adelabu, confirmed that a pilot programme of the on-street parking scheme would commence in October.
She said, “In 2022, we held meetings with Christian associations, Muslim associations, nightclubs, event centres and others. We told them that we were starting with set-back and progressing to on-street parking.
“Lagos is a city of over 25 million people and we have over three million vehicles, we must have proper parking management, so they have been sensistised.”
