Tag: Apapa Roads

“We warned about Apapa gridlock 18 years ago” – Chairman Ports Council

Aminu Imam

Chairman of the Port Consultative Council of Nigeria, (PCCN), Otunba Kunle Folarin, has said that the Council warned the Federal Government about the Apapa gridlock more than 18 years ago, but that the governments refusal to heed the warning resulted in what is currently being experienced. Folarin stated this at the inauguration of the new committees of the Council in Lagos. He noted that during the tenure of Mr. Adeseye Ogunlewe as Minister of Works, both officials of the Ministry and the Council took a walk from Ilasamaja to Tin-Can…

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Concerns as FG withdraws Presidential Task Force from Apapa roads

Ishaku Yohanna

There are concerns anarchy may return to Apapa as the Lagos Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) is yet to take control of the axis three days after the Federal Government handed over the restoration of law and order as well as the control of traffic management to the Lagos State Government. It was learnt the decision to hand over the continued enforcement of law and order to Lagos was taken at a meeting with the representatives of the Vice President, Nigeria Port Authority, the Federal Road Safety Corps, and other federal…

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