Apapa gridlock: Lagos Task Team seeks collaboration with Shippers’ Council
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By Godfrey Bivbere
THE newly inaugurated Lagos State Government Task Team on Restoration of Law and Order on Apapa Ports Access Roads has solicited the cooperation of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, to enable it solve the traffic problem in Apapa.
Chairman of the Task Team, Toyin Fayinka, during a courtesy visit to Nigerian Shippers Council’s headquarters in Lagos, said the essence of the delegation’s visit to NSC was to introduce the team to the Council, emphasising that the Committee cannot succeed in its assignment without the support of the NSC, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and other agencies in the maritime sector.
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
There seems to be no respite in sight on the perennial gridlock along the Apapa/Oshodi Expressway, Lagos, as all entry and exit points of the route from Ijesha to Berger Yard end, on Wednesday, were completly blocked due to the activities of recalcitrant truck drivers and miscreants.
Ironically, the newly created Lagos State Traffic Management Team, by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and other traffic officials saddled with the responsibility of controlling traffic along the axis, were on the sideline leaving motorists at the mercy of miscreants and commercial motorcyclists, called “Okada” riders, leading to a total gridlock for several hours.
…Motorists trapped for hours
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
There seems to be no respite in sight on the perennial gridlock along the Apapa/Oshodi Expressway, Lagos, as all entry and exit points of the route from Ijesha to Berger Yard end, on Wednesday, were completed blocked due to the activities of recalcitrant truck drivers and miscreants.
Ironically, the newly created Lagos State Traffic Management Team, by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and other traffic officials saddled with the responsibility of controlling traffic along the axis, were on the sideline leaving motorists to the mercy of miscreants and commercial motorcyclists, called “Okada” riders, leading to a total gridlock for several hours.
Sanwo-Olu, IGP: Is Apapa traffic mayhem beyond solution?
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…We’re helpless, Police, FRSC, LASTMA lament
COMMUTERS were trapped for hours in the perennial gridlock along the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, yesterday, as the Policemen, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, could not control the chaotic traffic situation on the axis.
From Jakande bus-stop, inward Apapa to Otto-Wharf, a journey that ought to take three minutes, took close to six hours.
Vanguard observed that the newly created exit point at Freedom bus-stop, in front of the Ports and Terminal Multi-purpose, was blocked, a situation that rendered policemen, FRSC personnel, and LASTMA officials helpless.
He said that members of the team included
Toyin Fayinka (Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation); and
Olajide Oduyoye (General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).
According to him, the team also includes
Sola Giwa (Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to the Governor on Central Business Districts); and
Ayodeji Laurent (SSA to the Governor on Political Security Intelligence).
“The Special Traffic Management and Enforcement Compliance Team is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring a seamless traffic management system specifically designed to restore sanity in and around Apapa.
“They are to create a cohesive system that would aid the resurgence of business activities and ensure that residents live in a conducive environment devoid of traffic-induced stress, he said.