Motorists with official vehicles are going through harrowing experience at the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, as Lekki Concession Company (LCC), the operator of the tollgate, is demanding documents indicating their companies are duly registered by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) before their vehicles are signed on to the e-payment platform.
A motorist (names withheld), who called BusinessDay today from the LCC office in Ikoyi, said he has been refused registration of his official car, as staff LCC insisted on him tendering official letter from his company.
“I got to their office today to register for the e-tag. When I told them that the car I am driving is an official car, they told me to bring a proof from CAC that my company is registered.
When I told them that I work for is a well established organisation, they then told me to get a letter from my company to prove the car belongs to the company.
I was shocked because I thought their job was to collect toll and not to probe into the ownership of the car I drive. They insisted it was for security purposes, so I wasn’t registered,” said the motorist who, however, added the LCC officials were friendly.”
Lagos State government on Thursday commenced the cashless policy at Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge toll plaza to ease traffic gridlocks said to have been as a result of cash transactions by motorists plying the corridor.
Commissioner for transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, monitored the exercise at the toll plaza, alongside Managing Director LCC, Yomi Omomuwasan.
In a statement released via the official Twitter page of Lagos State, Oladeinde said the new policy is aimed at reducing the queues often experienced during cash payments.
He added that there was the need to educate residents on the advantages of the new system and encourage motorists to comply.
