Lagos moves to digitise interstate travel

The state government has unveiled an interstate park accreditation and passenger manifest digitisation project.

At the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday, the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, laid emphasis on the significance of a new initiative focused on improving safety and comfort for road travelers entering or leaving Lagos state.

According to the Commissioner for Transportation, the project is aimed at ensuring the safety and comfort of every traveller who enters or exits Lagos by road. All interstate parks in Lagos are now expected to undergo an accreditation process, while the paper-based manifest system is being digitalised, enabling the real-time capture and secure storage of passenger data.

Osiyemi spoke about the project’s key goals, which is standardizing interstate parks across the state and digitizing the passenger manifest system to enhance efficiency and accuracy. He explained that the initiative has two main key fu…