The Lagos State Signage and Commercial Company (LASAA) has achieved an excellent efficiency during the last two years, primarily attributable to efficient regulation, elevated operational autos, enhanced public advocacy, and improved welfare for its workforce.
The managing director of the Company, Prince Fatiu Akiolu, who disclosed this on Wednesday whereas addressing senior media executives in Lagos, defined that, below his administration, LASAA has reported important enchancment in its operational actions regardless of the difficult financial atmosphere.
Prince Akiolu who was appointed the helmsman of the Company about two years in the past added that LASAA has achieved important milestones throughout varied strategic areas following the approval for the location of progressive iconic Out-of-House (OOH) and visually hanging buildings throughout the town of Lagos, including that these trendy installations don’t solely elevate the aesthetic enchantment of Lagos city panorama but in addition redefine promoting requirements with enhanced visibility, sturdiness and digital integration. He revealed that the Company has created Well being and Security division inside the Company and that it has equally accomplished properly in creating extra model consciousness by its public advocacy programmes, periodic radio interviews on a number of radio stations in Lagos the place the mandate of the Company is mentioned to enlighten members of the general public, in addition to statewide highway exhibits all of which have impacted positively in compliance and income optimization for the Company, amongst different laudable achievements up to now two years.
He stated the Company’s stringent enforcement measures to uphold signage and commercial rules has resulted in substantial income improve for each the Company and the state authorities.
In line with him, LASAA has minimised unlawful signage practices and maximised income assortment by the diligent monitoring, enforcement actions and compliance audits, thereby making certain monetary sustainability and assist for very important public providers.
The Company additionally champions sustainability by flex recycling, which is transformed to highschool baggage and distributed to public colleges in Lagos. In line with the Managing Director, “Branded as LASAA Faculty Storm, the programme serves as a Company Social Duty (CSR) effort aimed toward educating younger minds in Lagos State concerning the significance of recycling and environmental conservation. By repurposing flex banners collected from enforced boards throughout the State, LASAA not solely reduces landfill waste but in addition empowers college students with important studying instruments, thereby bridging sustainability with training. “This initiative displays LASAA’s dedication to fostering a cleaner and instilling accountable waste administration practices within the subsequent era”, he averred.
Prince Akiolu additionally said that the Company has initiated a complete undertaking to interchange the dilapidated avenue directional indicators throughout Lagos, thereby enhancing navigability, security, and aesthetics inside city areas. He added that, “This initiative underscores LASAA’s dedication to infrastructure enchancment, city beautification and enhancing the general high quality of life for residents and guests.”
Prince Fatiu reiterated that the Company has additionally created Well being and Security division in a bid to advertise structural integrity and public security throughout Lagos State, including that by overseeing the set up of billboard buildings and imposing compliance with security requirements, the division has considerably lowered the danger of accidents and environmental hazards. He stated the initiative ensures that every one outside promoting infrastructure adheres to accepted engineering pointers, reinforcing LASAA’s dedication to a safer and extra orderly city panorama. In his phrases, “This initiative underscores LASAA’s dedication to selling an eco-friendly way of life whereas mitigating the hazardous results of promoting waste.”
Additionally in the course of the reviewed interval, LASAA, in collaboration with different key state businesses, launched into a complete digital home numbering initiative throughout the state, aiming to assign clear, constant, and distinctive numbers to each property, thereby laying the muse for a standardised addressing system.
The MD expressed the hope that the digital home numbering undertaking will contribute to a extra organised and aesthetically interesting city atmosphere, whereas formalising casual settlements and driving sustainable improvement throughout the State.
The Company has additionally revolutionised allow registration with SAuto Automation in a bid to remodel the registration course of for signage and commercial permits. This pioneering answer has streamlined procedures and considerably lowered processing instances, and enhances operational effectivity.
LASAA has the only duty for regulating and controlling outside promoting and signage shows in Lagos State, with the first goal of modernising the signage and outside commercial trade by way of efficient regulation and civic beautification.
