The Lagos State Government at the weekend said it would henceforth strictly enforce the law on environmental offences, restriction of operation of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada on certain routes and street trading.
Rising from the monthly Security Council Meeting attended heads of all security agencies in the state and chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the Government urged residents to willfully comply with the extant laws in the state to make the enforcement of the law easier.
Briefing Government House Correspondents on the outcome of the meeting, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, urged the public to desist from patronising traders especially where street trading is not allowed.
Owoseni also counseled Lagosians to stop patronising commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada operators on routes where the law restricts them from plying.
Owoseni, who briefed journalists alongside heads of the Army, Navy, Airforce and other security agencies in state, said: “The Council appraised the security situation in the state and looked at the challenges we are still having and from discussions and conclusions that were made, the Council agreed that lot of progress had been made.”
“We have covered lot of miles regarding security and safety in the state. For now, the State is relatively peaceful.
“We want to sustain that tempo; we want to improve on that tempo. We have looked at those areas we need to improve upon and basically those were the issues the Council considered,” Owoseni said.
When asked on the directive by Governor Ambode at the Town Hall Meeting in Ikorodu last week that Okada should not ply Mile 12-Ikorodu route, the Commissioner said: “Yes, we deliberated on that and I can tell you that we specifically considered the need to improve on enforcement of the laws of the state, especially the areas where we have been having challenges with members of the public with regard to enforcement. ”
“Specifically, I’m talking about the street trading, the restriction of commercial motorcyclists to certain areas. You see, there is need to have the buy-in of members of the public in all these and the Council considered the need for us to still tell the citizens that in as much as we want to enforce, there is also need for members of the public to willfully comply with extant laws of the State.
“When they comply and conform to the laws, it will be easier for security agencies to enforce. Where the law says there should not be street trading, people should not patronise street traders; where the law says Okada should not ply certain routes, people should not patronise commercial motorcyclists in those areas.
“But most importantly, as the Security Council has always emphasised , there is need for everyone to be security conscious and raise awareness about security in their surroundings,” Owoseni said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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THE TRAFFIC ROBBERS HAVE NOW DESCENDED ON LEKKI EPE EXPRESSWAY AT UNDER PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OSAPA.. THERE IS ALWAYS A HOLDUP AT JAKANDE -LEKKI BEACH ROUND ABOUT.
ReplyDeleteFOR SOME REASONS, THERE IS NO TRAFFIC LIGHT AND NO LASTMA OFFICIAL TO CONTROL TRAFFIC. THIS IS LEADS TO SERIOUS HOLDUP EVERYTIME..
THIS BAD BOYS ALWAYS COME OUT FROM THE SPARE PARTS MARKET UNDER PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO ROB MOTORISTS AT OSAPA
LAST WEEK THERE WERE FOUR ROBBERIES..
LAGOS POLICE DO SOMETHING..
SADLY, THE FEW PATROL CARS YOU SEE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR CARS WITH TINTED GLASSES TO PURSUE AND GET A BRIBE, THIS IS THEIR LATEST CRAZE.
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