The Kwara State Government has concluded plans to begin capturing the data of transport operators for proper identification at designated points.
In a statement on Sunday, the Assistant Press Secretary, Kwara State Ministry of Transportation, Bakare Baliqees, said this move is aimed at enhancing transparency, ensuring uniformity, and improving safety across the transport sector.
Baliqees said the Kwara State Commissioner for Transportation, Hon. Lafia Aliyu Korasabi, made this known during a consultative engagement with transport union leaders on Wednesday, at the ministry’s headquarters in Ilorin.
Hon. Lafia emphasised that the capturing exercise would complement the government’s ongoing Kwara State Residential Registration Programme, adding that the initiative would fully integrate the transport sector into the scheme.
He explained that the exercise would also help in policy planning, security, and improved service delivery.
The designated points for the enumeration exercise across the 16 Local Government Areas include: Union Head Office, Offa Garage, Maraba Garage, Saw-Mill Garage, and Oko-Olowo/Oloje Axis in Kwara Central; Offa Local Government Secretariat (Offa), Irepodun Local Government Secretariat (Omu-Aran), Oyun Local Government Secretariat (Ilemona), Isin Local Government Secretariat (Owu Isin), Oke-Ero Local Government Secretariat (Odo Owa), Ifelodun Local Government Secretariat (Share), and Ekiti Local Government Secretariat (Araromi Opin) in Kwara South.
Others are Moro Local Government Secretariat (Bode-Saadu), Edu Local Government Secretariat (Lafiagi), Patigi Local Government Secretariat (Patigi), Kaiama Local Government Secretariat (Kaiama), and Baruten Local Government Secretariat (Kosubosu) in Kwara North.
The commissioner stressed that the exercise, slated to commence on the 22nd and 29th of September, 2025, will be free of charge.
He, therefore, called for the maximum cooperation of all transport union leaders and members to ensure a smooth and successful enumeration.
