By Adeola Ogunlade
The Lagos State Taxi Driver and Cab Operators Association in partnership with Univasa Nigeria Limited have launched a mobile App to aid online travels in Lagos.
The mobile app tagged: The Univasa Provider App” was launched at the association headquarters in Lagos on Tuesday.
Speaking at the event, the President of The Lagos State Taxi Drivers and Cab Operators Association, Otunba Omolekan Taiwo said today marks another milestone in the desire of this present taxi executives to find a lasting solution to the issues of online taxi apps in Lagos State.
He said since the introduction of taxi application into the Lagos Market, the executives have been in touch with various partners on how to get a befitting apps that is user friendly for all our teeming members across the state
He said UNIVASA taxi apps came on board at the right time, since technology is now the ultimate, we are ready to embrace Univasa taxi apps, for all our drivers and the general public for usage, we are going to being back all our members that have left the association due to lack of technologies based apps into our folds.
Taiwo appealed to The Lagos Tate Ministry of Transportation to give all the Taxi apps users a level playing ground by allowing the Yellow Taxi access into all the estates in Lagos state.
He said the association has over 243 parks and 66 offices across Lagos and it’s remains the only indigenous and traditional taxi services in Lagos State.
He said the state traffic law review recently provides an opportunity for Yellow taxi cabs in Lagos free access to anywhere but Yellow cabs are been hindered in some estates and major hotels in Lagos.
He noted that several attempt have been made for government to address this anomaly but unfortunate there have been little or no response to their plight.
In his words, the Chief Executive Officer of Univasa Nigeria Limited, Ben Adeniyi said that this innovation was birthed to ease the stress of riders who still go to taxi parks to order rides. With technology like UNIVASA App, you can book Lagos Taxi from the comfort of your home.
He noted that Univasa Nigeria Limited dream of today’s achievement happening and with the support of the President of Lagos Taxi: we are happy to see it come to life.
He said “Univasa has a high hunger for technology, using innovation to achieve things faster. And presently I can say that we still have a long way to go because of our vision, but I can tell you that we are on the right path. It is because of our hunger for innovation and technology that gave birth to what we are doing today”.
He stressed that innovation has changed the way things are done and impacted our ways of life positively. The only constant thing in life is change and for that change to be effective, one must evolve and find better ways of doing things.