The Federal Road Safety Commission on Thursday said witches were not responsible for road traffic crashes in Nigeria, but recklessness of road users.
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The Lagos State Taskforce has carried out an enforcement for compliance operation and impounded 35 vehicles that were both illegally parked and causing major obstruction on the Jibowu corridor of Yaba axis in the State.
The thugs, numbering about 20, conveyed themselves in a Danfo bus and brandished various types of harmful weapons.
The motorist, whose name has been withheld, was slapped with the six months jail sentence by a Makadara law court.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the students mounted road block at the entrance of the university’s main campus in Ugbowo, on Tuesday morning, which affected free flow of traffic.
The Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made the disclosure at the scene of the incident in Lagos.
In 2015, estimates from its statistics bureau showed that Lagos had 11 local government areas with more than a million people. These “millionaire cities” are packed with people but far from one another. The distances among them make it hard to get jobs, goods and services, or ideas.
The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, who gave the warning on Monday, asserted that the enforcement unit and other relevant Agencies are determined to enforce the Law on recalcitrant motorists who contravene any section.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that there had been fear and agitation over the partial closure of the bridge from motorists, especially on Monday, being the first working day after the bridge closure.
The government made the appeal on Tuesday in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho.
With Stuttgart in Germany nabbing first spot as the least stressed city to live and work in, Lagos came in at 148 (just two spots ahead of the most stressed city – Iraq), which will be no surprise to daily commuters on Lagos streets.
Lagos State records more than 70 per cent of Nigeria’s vehicular traffic, in spite of its small land mass.
Aina said the university took up the research in compliance with the mission statement of the university to focus on environmental issues and commerce.
A correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria who monitored the situation reports that the traffic jam, which started as early as 8am, saw many of the motorists sitting inside their vehicles for hours
Even the ongoing construction of a pedestrian bridge at the Cement Bus Stop, which had been a source of traffic jam on the section, did not affect free vehicular movements