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Title : ‘May They Never Return’ - Lagosians Rejoice As Buhari’s Visit Forces Trucks Off Roads, Bridges
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‘May They Never Return’ - Lagosians Rejoice As Buhari’s Visit Forces Trucks Off Roads, Bridges

Who would imagine a light traffic on Ojuelegba bridge on a Friday afternoon? Who will think of free flow of traffic at Costain on a weekend? Even during festive periods these major roads in  Nigeria’s most populous city are usually busy while helpless residents are forced to bear the burden imposed on them by the of activities of truck drivers.

Even law enforcement agents are powerless. In November, Hyginus Omeje, sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos, said trucks and tankers parked on roads are linked to powerful Nigerians and his men were handicapped to enforce traffic regulations that could lead to arrest and prosecution of the drivers of those heavy duty vehicles.

“My officers often try to enforce arrest and subsequent prosecution, but the culprits mostly go free after one influential person calls from Abuja, demanding for the release of the impounded vehicles. This is a daily occurrence that has been impeding the operations of the FRSC in tackling the wharf access road crisis,” he had said.

Although Omeje was referring to roads in Apapa, where vehicles from all over the country head to tank farms and depot to load petroleum products, the menace constituted by truck drivers stretch to Eko bridge, Iponrin, Costain, Ojuelegba bridge, the ever-busy Ikorodu road and other parts of the cosmopolitan city.

Residents experience manhour loss, commercial bus operators hike fares while a journey that should ordinarily not take 15 minutes end up running into hours. When TheCable visited Apapa in July, a driver who simply identified himself as Daniel, said while it took him five days to get to Lagos from Plateau state, he had spent over one week trying to access the port to get petroleum products. Daniel’s inability to get to the port had effect on road users as his trailer was parked on a moving lane. The driver’s story captured what port users experience frequently and the attendant traffic woes for Lagosians.

The situation remained unchanged for years but on Friday, residents woke to tanker-free roads; the articulated vehicles which grind the city to a halt and make life a nightmare for road users, were out of sight.

Thanks to the presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit, authorities in the state had made plans to ensure free flow of traffic and one of the ways of making that happen was sending heavy duty vehicles off roads and bridges.

“You see what we complain about, the government knows the right thing. About 2000 trucks on this bridge but immediately they heard Buhari was coming, they cleared everything,” a policeman told TheCable at Eko bridge on Friday afternoon.

“Tomorrow, before Buhari enters his plane, what am I saying? Before he gets to the airport, the trailers would be back on the roads. We know it is because of him they disappeared. They just keep pretending, they don’t want to be embarrassed. Then, Buhari comes and he would say the roads are free.”

At Jibowu, shop owners were unwilling to comment on the situation. When our reporter approached some staff at a bus park, they said they had been warned not to speak with anybody regarding the improved traffic situation as a result of the evacuation of tankers.

But some motorists and commuters freely shared their experience. Most of them expressed surprise over the free flow of traffic, claiming the state government knew the right thing to do but decided to turn deaf ears to the cries of the people.

Source: TheCable

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