By Oluwatoyin Adegoke
Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency, OGEPA, has concluded arrangements for the takeoff of Vehicle Emission Control in the state towards mitigating the negative effects of vehicle emissions on the environment.
Special Adviser to the governor of Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency, Mr Farouk Akintunde stated this during a stakeholders meeting with the transportation industry in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, saying the test would commence across the state by 1st March 2025.
According to the Special Adviser, there would be designated centres within the state, where the emission test would be conducted for all types of vehicles including cars, trucks, motorbikes, buses and tricycles.
On his part, the Commandant, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, Seni Ogunyemi, called on the transportation unions in the state to embrace the scheme which was for the good of all citizens of the state.
In his remarks, Ogun State Commander, Vehicle Inspection Office, Engineer Ademehin Olugboyega said that vehicles that fail the emission test would be referred to the Vehicle Inspection Office, VIO for further testing and advice.
Speaking on behalf of other transportation unions in the state, the Secretary of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, Comrade Tiwalade Akingbade, expressed their unalloyed support for the success of the scheme, while appealing to the government to support the transportation unions in converting to CNG enabled vehicles.
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