VEHICLE owners in Lagos State will start paying for on-street parking in churches, mosques and other public places.
The state government said it resolved to charge vehicle owners who park on some specified streets in the state.
According to reports, implementing the on-street parking regulations in Lekki, Surulere, and a few other locations will commence in October this year.
The state administration has been notifying religious organisations—such as churches and mosques— and event centres through letters about the commencement of the on-street parking fees.
According to Punch, in a letter to the Lagos State branch of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), the government advised the organisation that cars parked on approved streets by the church and its members would be subject to hourly fees, and that vehicles parked carelessly will be subject to appropriate enforcement.
The letter was dated July 19 and signed by the Head of Operations of Lagos State Parking Authority, Ayokunle Akinrinmisi.
The letter partly 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. “In view of this, I am using this medium to inform your eminence, that vehicles parked on designated streets by the church and its members, will be charged hourly and indiscriminately parked vehicles will be enforced upon accordingly.
“Consequently, we advise that this piece of information be adhered to as a law-abiding organisation.”
The General Manager of the Lagos State Parking Authority, Adebisi Adelabu, revealed that the on-street parking scheme’s pilot programme would start in October.
She said in 2022, the state held meetings with Christian and Muslim associations, nightclubs, event centres and others and told them that it would implement the policy.
