By Wilson Adekumola
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has admonished trailer/container owners against parking on roads, saying that his administration would prosecute erring owners.
Sanwo-Olu gave the admonition at the inauguration of the Jimoh Odutola Road, Surulere and Reeve Road/Onilegbale Road in Ikoyi, Lagos.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the inauguration was part of activities to announce the Sanwo-Olu led administration’s second tenure which will commence on May 29, 2023.
The governor, represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, said government was ready to enforce a law seeking road users to stop parking on the roads, saying that his administration would not condone the habit of destroying or parking on roads in the state.
He said, “The challenge we always have is that trailers will always park on the road. As a government, we will not accept it and we will enforce it.”
While calling on the residents to take responsibility for all infrastructures provided by protecting and maintaining them adequately, he pointed out that it was appropriate for the citizens to ensure they made good use of the roads and not allow people turn it to parks and mechanic workshops.
“Let us do the right thing by taking good care of our roads and other infrastructure in the state.
“Mechanics should get a workshop instead of turning the roads to workshops likewise truck/container owners.
“We want you to do your business but do right by getting a place as park.
“By so doing, government will have more funds to provide additional infrastructure across the state for the well-being of all citizens.
“Let us protect our infrastructures so that we can have more money to spend on other good things rather than fixing what we had done earlier,” he said
The governor then urged all the residents of Lagos to cooperate with the government as they begin a second term on May 29, 2023.
