Lagos Assembly To Tackle Truck-Related Accidents

The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, has expressed worry over the spate of trailer-related accidents in the metropolis.
Chairman of the Committee, Mr Temitope Adewale, expressed the worry in an interview with newsmen over the weekend in Lagos.
Adewale, representing Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency I in the Lagos Assembly, said the parliament was considering the movement of containers with barges on waterways to Epe, Badagry, and Ikorodu for trailers to pick them up.
According to him, the development will save the state from the accidents trucks and tankers are causing on the roads.
The lawmaker said: “It bothers us when we have accidents involving trucks and tankers in the state, making us lose lives unnecessarily.
“Containers falling off the trailers and killing innocent people cannot continue in the state. These things bother us and there is a need for us to work on them.
“One of the initiatives that the House is proposing to the executive is to have a situation whereby containers are moved with barges to the three divisions in the state; Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry by water.
“So, by investing in the waterways, containers will be moved on barges from Apapa to Ikorodu, Badagry, and Epe.
“We will not give access to heavy-duty trucks to ply our roads, or come to the metropolis when they can just pick them up from these areas”.
Adewale noted that the government’s primary responsibility is the protection of lives and property.
He urged operators of the articulated vehicles to ensure lorries were in good shape before putting them on the road.
“The safety of the people is the priority of the government. It is very important to state clearly that lawlessness within the state will not be tolerated,” he said.
The lawmaker added that the Lagos State Drivers Institute was also carrying out scheduled interviews for drivers.