- Seeks total compliance to traffic and environmental laws
By Michael Olatunji
SUNRISE NEWS, Lagos, Aug 29, 2020 The Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business Districts Mr Gbenga Oyerinde, has warned transport unions and Community Development Associations within the Lagos Island Business District to adhere strictly to traffic, environmental and physical planning laws of the State.
Oyerinde gave the warning at separate meetings with representatives of the National Union of Road Transport Workers branch E and D and the leadership of Shitta Ejigbo Lagos Island CDA in his office.
The CBD Chief who decried the nonchalant attitude of commercial bus operators especially driving against traffic from Iddo inward Idumota and parking on the bridge warned that the state cannot continue to accommodate the illegality of the transport workers who indulge their members to disobey traffic regulations.
While warning that no amount of intimidation can make the Agency to go back on it’s responsibilities, directed the transport workers to call there members to order or face the full wrath of the law.
In the same vein, Mr Oyerinde called on the leadership of the Community Development Associations within the Lagos Island business district to caution members of there community who indulge in allocation of illegal parking spaces for motorist to park and those allocating illegal spaces to street traders to stop henceforth.
He also decried the habit of street urchins parading themselves as “omo adugbo” attacking operatives of the state government while on there lawful duties to desist henceforth.
While calling on owners of plazas and shops to keep their sorrounding clean at all times warned that no trading activities most go on around any building under construction as it is unsafe and putting the life’s of people at risk.
Representatives of transport union at the meeting led by Comrade Onikoyi pledged the cooperations of its member in ensuring smooth operations of CBD within the Island business district as well as obeying traffic regulations of the State.
Also leadership of the CDAs at the meeting with the Special Adviser led by Alhaji Teniola equally promised to adhere strictly to environmental and physical planning laws of the state as well as call there community members to order.