State government set to handle traffic congestion

At a joint press conference, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr. Fola Adeyemi, assured Lagosians of efforts made to decongest the streets of Lagos.

"This press briefing is initiated at the instance of the Governor who has expressed growing concern arising from complains from members of the public, arising from feedbacks and from experiences recorded about few days ago by motorists in Lagos. He is greatly concerned from this feedback and as a result of which necessitated we address Lagosians."

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He went on to address the recent traffic congestion in Lagos.

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“We have noticed that this gridlock in fact, a lot of people have alleged that it has a connection with the announcement of His Excellency about the activities of The era where you see a LASTMA official impounding vehicle on the highway or motorist trying to struggle with LASTMA official, we are saying we want to do it in a civilised way. We are not saying we are not going to enforce, but what the state government is saying is that you have to go through some processes where enforcement at the end of the day will be the last resort."

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