 Now, as part of measures towards finding a lasting solution to a series of issues with dabbling the transport sector, the Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to deploy the use of technology for effective movement. The Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladede, said that this would take the front burner at the maiden edition of a national transport technology conference and exhibition scheduled to hold in June 2022, plus TV correspondents Lovie Koko Yeroko now reports. This press conference is heralded in the maiden edition of the National Transport Technology Conference and Exhibition, entity CE, coming up in Lagos. The two-day conference will see key decision makers, expats and operators in the road, rail, water and air transport sectors, discussing current and emerging trends in the sector, as well as fashioning outweighs of integrating them into the Nigerian transportation space. Oladede spoke on the importance of a national transportation policy which if hosted governments key into, with coordination and harmony, could bring about an effective transport system. What kind of investment do we need, who are the key players, who are the people willing to invest, and then what will be government's commitment. So every smart city must have a plan, we're developing a smart Nigerian, we're developing a smart Lagos, you must have a plan to get to that point and the aim of this conference is to develop that community that would help to develop the plan and then to look at some of the obstacles to see what government's responsibility would be and then what the private sector responsibility would be. He believes that the national policy on transportation will bring an end to leakages and corruption in the sector. We move away from, you know, exchanging cash to ensuring that once you have a car, everything is computerised and that there's no exchange of cash, there's no way you can give other people and then everything will be transparent. Now the reason why, you know, I mean, you have a hundred Naira tickets and you're paying a thousand in because everything that's paid for ticket is not electronic and that's why it's important that we move all our transactions from a cash system to a cashless system. On her part, the Executive Secretary, National Transport Technology Conference and Exhibition, NTTCE, comprised of all commissioners of transportation in Nigeria, said that technology has been identified by the forum as a roadmap to ensuring safety, security and revenue generation in the transportation sector. This event promises to be an all-inclusive one as it seeks to governise players within transportation and the technology sector to explore innovative solutions as well as fashion out walkable action plans that will integrate transport, integrate smart transportation within the sector for the benefit of Nigerians. Chinwe disclosed that the resolutions from the conference are respected to all share in an action plan which the federal government could draw policies from to enhance transportation in the country. From Lagos, live Ikuku Uyeduku, Plus TV News.