Bring contractor back to site in Apapa, Ambode urges FG
The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi
Ambode, has appealed to the Federal
Government to direct the contractor
handling the construction of the
container trailer park and the Port link
road in Apapa to return to site.
Ambode spoke with newsmen shortly
after inspecting some traffic points in
Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the inspection took the
governor to Apapa, Ladipo and Isolo
areas of the state.
He said the completion of the projects
would ease the traffic gridlock in the
area and other parts of the state.
“I am pleading with the Federal
Government to make sure Julius Berger
comes to site to ameliorate the challenges
motorists are facing,” he said.
According to him, it is important to
accelerate the return of the contractor to
site. Ambode expressed optimism that
once the link road is completed, the
trailer terminal will be used.
“The terminal can take 1,000 container
vehicles and that itself will improve the
traffic in the state,” he said.
The governor promised that the Isolo
Road would be completed in the next
nine months.
“In the interim, palliative will be created
so that we can have motorable roads
toward the festive period,” he said.
Ambode urged motorists to be law
abiding and obey the state’s traffic laws.
“We do not fine offenders just because
we want to generate revenue.
“There should be law and order in the
city,” he said.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos
State Traffic Management Authority
(LASTMA), Mr Christian Olakpe, who was
also on the inspection team, said a nine-
point agenda had been articulated to
address the traffic situation.
Olakpe, a retired Assistant Inspector
General of Police, said that henceforth,
officers must visible and accessible on all
roads between 6.00a.m. and 10.00p.m.
“Officers must be on ground until
everywhere is calm, cleared and people
are safe to go to bed,” he said.
“In the area of enforcement, anyone who
violates the law will not go free; now we
are using a tripartite functional system
of arrest, impound and prosecute,”
Olakpe said.
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