The
Lagos State Government has given 48-hour ultimatum to commercial bus
operators in Ikorodu and its environs, especially those indiscriminately
discharging and loading passengers at the town’s roundabout to move to
the designated motor park at Sabo area of the town or face the wrath of
the law.
A statement by the Lagos
State Traffic Management Authority said the move was aimed at ensuring
the safety of lives and free flow of traffic in the area.
The statement indicated that the ultimatum would take effect from Friday (today).
The General Manager of
LASTMA, Mr. Babatunde Edu, was said to have issued the order during a
meeting jointly organised by the agency and the Lagos State Task Force
on Environmental and other Special Offences for the National Union of
Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport Employees Association of
Nigeria at Alausa, Ikeja.
He said, “Commercial bus
operators are fond of flouting traffic rules and regulations. They
always drive in direction prohibited by the law and have turned every
nook and cranny of Ikorodu into parks rather than using the dedicated
parks allocated to them.
“This directive became
necessary in order to curb the excesses of the commercial drivers and
street urchins who have narrowed the road to suit their undesirable
acts, thereby causing heavy traffic and posing a serious security threat
to the people.”
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