President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day visit to Lagos state has attracted him and the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode flacks over the virtual shutdown of the nation’s economic nerve centre as a result of the visit, and the attendant hardship it has caused residents.

Although the state government had declared Thursday a public holiday for a hitch-free presidential visit, thousands of residents of the state were found stranded as they could not get buses to convey them to their various destinations.

A lot of Lagosians trekked several kilometers in order to get to where they needed to be. Some others complained severely about an astronomical increase in transport fare by up to 100 per cent. At the Alakuko-Tollgate end of the state, fare to Oshodi which ranged between N150 and N250 skyrocketed to N400 as there are very few vehicles plying the route.

For those resorting to commercial tricycle operators, popularly called “Keke Marwa”, the transport fare from Agege to Ikeja was increased from N150 to N300, a 100 per cent increase.

Buhari is in Lagos to among other things chair the 10th Bola Tinubu colloquium in celebration of the APC national leader’s 66th birthday. Also to attend the event holding at the Eko Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, is Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev’d Alfred Martins had stated that the visit of Buhari and shutdown of the state by the Governor Ambode-led government was unfortunate, noting that the visit is coming when Christians are supposed to be taking part in Holy Thursday and Good Friday festivities.

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