Ogun State Commissioner for Transportation, Engr. Olugbenga Dairo, has reaffirmed Governor Abiodun-led administration’s commitment to providing safe and reliable transportation for commuters in the state.

The Commissioner who made this known, while speaking with journalists in his office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, said that series of measures were being put in place for full-scale assessment of Bus Mass Transit (BMT) vehicles, to ensure compliance with safety standards, saying that with this done, buses that were considered unfit would be removed from the fleet.

Dairo noted that the State Government was committed to vehicle maintenance by the operators, maintaining that the department of Vehicles Inspection Services (VIS) had been mandated to ensure strict compliance to guidelines on vehicle road worthiness to prevent operational failures.

The Commissioner explained that any of the BMT vehicles discovered to have failed the certification test at the VIS test station would be declared non-road worthy.

He pointed out that government was poised to introduce new buses to replace the aging ones, pledging that the new buses would be maintained in a manner consistent with global best practices to guarantee the safety and comfortability of commuters.

“The safety and well-being of our people remains a top priority. We are taking decisive action to ensure that public transportation in Ogun State meets the highest standards”, he assured.