Lagos State Government Collaborates with SiiTECh to Digitally Register Motorcycles and Tricycles

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has partnered with SiiTECh Technologies to launch a digital registration for commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke) in Lagos State. The initiative is aimed at regulating the areas where Okada and Keke have been permitted as means of transportation, and to ensure that all operators are registered with the licensing authority of the state. The initiative is also aimed at improving security and safety, as well as ensuring that funds are not lost to the state.

Speaking at the launch of the digital registration, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, Engr Abdulhafiz Toriola, stated that the state will embark on the registration of motorcycles and tricycles in the state, and that the state will ban motorcycles and tricycles that are not registered. Toriola also noted that there are about 80,000 Okada operators who have not registered with the licensing authority of the state, which poses security and safety issues and leakage of funds that are supposed to go to the state.

The initiative is driven by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation and SiiTECh Technologies, an advocate for technological advancements in the transportation sector, in collaboration with Lagos State Parks and Garages, LASPG. SiiTECh will digitally register all motorcycles and Keke used as commuters for the movement of people in those areas where there is no ban, and the data they would get would be submitted to the ministry’s department in charge. The initiative is a step in the right direction towards improving security and safety, as well as ensuring that funds are not lost to the state.