The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) and the state branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), are collaborating to see to the end of gridlocks in the state.
Tasks force Chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye, put the blame on gridlocks on members of NURTW warned that the agency would no longer tolerate the excesses of commercial bus drivers whose illegal activities cause traffic gridlock to other road users by loading or off-loading of passengers at undesignated bus stops across the State
The chairman who was speaking while welcoming the executive members of the NURTW, led by its Chairman, Mr. Musiliu Akinsanya (a.k.a MC Oluomo) during a courtesy visit to the agency, said that it was pertinent for the Union to educate members in different dialects on the need to comply with the State Traffic Regulations.
He said:
“We must work together to checkmate the recalcitrant commercial bus drivers among you, causing unnecessary obstructions on Lagos roads, as well as those driving on BRT corridors and plying one-way in flagrant disobedience to the Lagos Traffic Law”.
He said:
” The government will not condone the killing of innocent members of the public by commercial bus drivers trying to evade arrest from the law enforcement officers after contravening the stipulated rules and regulations on the roads”.
He, therefore, urged the delegation to support the government in screening out the criminally-minded drivers, especially those who use their commercial vehicles to rob innocent members of the public, an act which is popularly referred to as ‘One- Chance’.
While imploring the team to compel their members to always make use of garages provided by the government and desist from using illegal bus-stops, roadsides, and drainage alignments as loading points across the State.
Jewelry said that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, has directed that any traffic offenders would be charged to Court.
Earlier in his address, Akinsanya requested the collaboration of the agency in the enforcement of the State Traffic Law
According to him:
“Our union members are ready to work with your agency in the area of ensuring strict compliance with the State Traffic Laws across the State”
