Lagos issues 7-day quit notice to vehicles on bridges
THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, issued a 7-day ‘vacation order’ to commercial bus drivers parking indiscriminately on bridges across the state, or face dire consequences. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, issued the order to remove infractions impeding the free flow of traffic on bridges across the state. Giwa, in a statement, by spokesman for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said that despite several warnings, motorists/commercial bus drivers have continued to defy government order, causing serious obstructions around these bridges with great negative impacts on the integrity of the bridges and traffic. He said: “Every motorist/commercial bus driver operating along ‘Apongbon’ and ‘Idumota’ (Cater) Bridges, ‘Elegbata:, ‘Ebute-Ero’ and ‘Ejalonibu’ must as a matter of urgency vacate these areas as LASTMA would commence strict enforcement operation immediately after the expiration of this ultimatum until zero tole...