‘Crime rate has reduced by 65 percent,’ Steve Ayorinde says [VIDEO]

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March 7, 2016 4:18 PM

Mr Ayorinde revealed further that the war against crime in the state had been boosted by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s donation of security equipment to the police and other relevant agencies in the state.

Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde

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Mr Ayorinde revealed further that the war against crime in the state had been boosted by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s donation of security equipment to the police and other relevant agencies in the state.

“We’re happy that since November, when we made that huge donation of assets to the police and the RRS, between that time and early this month [February], when we had our second town hall meeting, we know for a fact and we did announce it that the crime rate in Lagos has reduced by 65 per cent,” he said during an appearance on Frankly Speaking with Jola Sotubo.

“That’s remarkable, but that’s not where we’re going. We’ll like to improve a lot more on that. It has gone down because criminals and gangs and touts now appreciate the fact that Lagos has the capacity to go after them,” he added.

The commissioner also spoke on Governor Ambode’s plans for easing traffic in the state.

“We’re easing the situation already. You’ll see that the inner roads are a major problem, the governor, working in sync with the local government executive secretaries, has commissioned 114 inner roads, 2 per LCDA, which means that by the middle of this year, 114 roads will have been completed, that will ease traffic because the more roads you fix, the smoother driving will become,” the commissioner said.

“We have fortified LASTMA… not only that, we have also brought in mobile courts and so far, we have tried more than 600 people… That has improved traffic a lot.

“Traffic won’t disappear completely, but we can manage it better, particularly with the announcement by the governor that by December, the light rail, the Blue Line, will be ready, we’re doing a lot of investment on the waterways, we’re trying to put a lot more operators there, do a lot more regulation, invest in channelization of the waterways.

“By the time we’re able to effectively take a lot of people off the roads, let them use the train services, let them use the waterways, we know that we would have gotten somewhere,” he added.

Mr Ayorinde further dismissed the notion held by some that Ambode is being controlled by All Progressives Congress (APC), National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu saying that the governor’s achievements show that he’s not a puppet.

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