Lagos Bans Inter-State Buses From Plying Ikorodu Road

The Lagos State Government has banned inter-state buses from plying Ikorodu Road.
Government said the operators have within seven days to relocate their parks to designated inter-state motor parks at Ojodu Berger and Ojota, after which stiff sanction would apply to defaulters.

It explained that the decision of the government was in line with the determination of l Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration to free the city of avoidable nuisances and install sanity and civility in the environment.

Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, disclosed the ban during a joint inspection tour of ongoing construction of Modern Bus Terminal at Yaba and beautification project at Jibowu.

Ayorinde said the inspection was a follow-up to an earlier visit by the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, adding that all the necessary quit notices have already been served on the affected operators.

“Henceforth, they will have to go to Ojota and Ojodu Berger which are the two designated inter-state motor parks. The ones that we have here in Jibowu will have to move and there is a 7-day ultimatum for everyone of them beginning from the ones in this axis to move,” Ayorinde added.

Speaking on the reason for the ban, the Commissioner said activities of the operators had not been tidy and decent despite repeated warnings, and that government could no longer sit and watch such to continue in the overall interest of the people.

He lamented that the drivers of the buses often violate traffic laws and destroy facilities built with taxpayers money, stressing that the government can no longer allow it.