Severe gridlock, heightened crime rate worry Lagosians
THE latest survey conducted by leading
research institute, NOIPolls, which was
released yesterday, has revealed that
severe traffic gridlock and heightened
crime rate have now become the major
sources of concern to the residents of
Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos, since
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode assumed
office in May 2015.
According to the report, Lagosians
identified severe traffic gridlock across
the metropolis (26 percent), bad roads
(22 percent), poor power supply (14
percent), and heightened insecurity (8
percent), with an upsurge in the
activities of armed robbers, area boys,
touts, pick-pockets and petty criminals;
as issues affecting their daily lives and
raising serious concerns.
Also contained in the report are
responses of some Lagosians who
participated in the poll. They identified
the following areas for the governor’s
attention: Improved road networks (36
percent), creation of job opportunities
(12 percent), improved power supply (12
percent), improved traffic control &
management (10 percent), and improved
state security (eradicating touts & area
boys) (8 percent).
An evaluation of Ambode’s performance
revealed that a larger proportion of
almost six in 10 Lagosians (38 percent)
were indifferent about his performance,
owning to the issues identified above. On
the other hand, 36 percent of the
respondents expressed their satisfaction
over his performance, while 26 percent
expressed outright dissatisfaction.
Furthermore, six in 10 Lagosians rated
the governor ‘poorly’ in terms of ‘road
infrastructure’ (60 percent), with further
poor ratings in ‘economic situation’ (58
percent), ‘traffic management’ (54
percent), ‘education’ (42 percent) and the
‘security of lives and properties’ (41
percent).
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