The Lagos State Planning and Environmental Monitoring Authority (LASPEMA), in conjunction with a foremost Nigerian Fintech company, e-Tranzact Nigeria PLC, has trained 50 participants at the just concluded two-day Learning Event for Supervisors and Direct Capture Officers (DCOs) at the Head Office of e-Tranzact in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The two-day learning event was designed to equip both Supervisors and DCOs on how to understand data management practices and also provide them with the necessary tools and knowledge to enumerate and manage data effectively.
The General Manager of LASPEMA, Tpl Daisi Oso, in his opening address at the two-day programme, educated participants comprising of youth drawn from all Local Governments in the State about the mandate of the agency in regulating activities on Setbacks and Incidental Open Spaces (IOS)
He told the trainees that LASPEMA is the only Agency of the Lagos State Government that has the Mandate of regulating activities on Setbacks and Incidental Open Spaces (1OS) in order to ensure the highest level of Physical Orderliness.
The Agency, according to Oso, derived its mandate from sections 2(e) and 2(n) of the Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law 2015 as amended which confers the responsibility of determining the “Location of infrastructural facilities and centres of economic activities in the state” and “Regulating the location, positioning, dimensions, appearance, display, and manner in which urban furniture shall be affixed to land in the state” respectively.
Oso admonished participants at the training to maximise the opportunities inherent in the programme, urging them to also be good brand ambassadors of the State Government.
He took out time to explain to the trainees how Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is working assiduously to deliver the dividends of democracy to Lagosians using the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda.
He further connected participants to the Big Picture of the Lagos Mega City and how the Vision of LASPEMA which is making ‘Lagos State a Smart City of Choice’ dovetails into it.
The training for supervisors and DCOs is the first phase of the project of e-Tranzact deploying integrated technology solutions for data collection, management and digitization of revenue collection processes from the informal business players operating on the Setbacks and Incidental Open Spaces (IOS) in Lagos State to regulate our setbacks and IOS.
Asides from the core technical skills needed by the trainees to carry out their assignments, the training also exposed them to soft skills like Basic Communication/Listening Skills, Team Collaboration for Peak Performance, and Time Management to enhance their interpersonal skills.
The CEO of e-Tranzact, Mr. Niyi Toluwalope, represented by the Head of Public Sector, Collections and Payments of e-Tranzact, Mr. Sunday Agboola, charged the trainees at the training to be worthy ambassadors of Lagos State and most importantly to contribute to making Lagos a better place for all.
