@autojosh are these active tracks?

Inasmuch as I understand the difficulties with means of livelihood in this country but one mustn't engaged his/her life in such an environment trains railway after doing their sales they mess the whole place up with dirt honestly we sud as a matter of urgency know the best area to display our wares.

NB. Not only in Lagos cuz I ave seen such with emene enugu railway axis..

psychologist:
Go to yaba, Tejuosho complex precisely, get to know the price of stores there, then come back and ask me the question again



Bottom line Nigeria is a failed state

have u gone to check how much shop cost in. Other countries?

NwanyiAwkaetiti:
They love the adrenaline rush of running away from death.

as in ehn! Odikwa egwu

Come to mile 1 market in port Harcourt and see nah

Tonymegabush1:
Inasmuch as I understand the difficulties with means of livelihood in this country but one mustn't engaged his/her life in such an environment trains railway after doing their sales they mess the whole place up with dirt honestly we sud as a matter of urgency know the best area to display our wares.

NB. Not only in Lagos cuz I ave seen such with emene enugu railway axis..

well said

wellmax:
This is not peculiar to Lagos nor to Nigeria alone

same thing in PH, the very popular MILE 1 market is on a train track.
even tho train comes in almost everyday...one even came in this morning from aba i guess and left almost same time.


i guess cause train tracks cants be flooded thats why

in kaduna here we call it Bakin Dogo. as a field trip on a course in the University ( environmental economics) we were sent thier to observe the hygiene of the area where usually food stuffs are being sold and honestly its nothing to write home about.

Not Nigeria alone. Any society that places a premium on the potentials of the loins over that of the brain is bound to have more hapless folks making hopeless decisions than wise and positive ones.

most of them are easterners selling okrika, no money to rent a shop and then no they hear word

80% of the traders are our brother and sisters from the EAST, that is their own way of developing Lagos. Selling Okrika and all sort of junks.

wellmax:
It happens everywhere

My nigga
Those are shithole countries.

autojosh:
Almost every part of Lagos have been converted into a marketplace. On roadsides, ontop of pedestrian bridges, inside Molues, in traffic, etc., everywhere is a market.

This unregulated commercialization of every spot in Lagos is what gives Lagos its rowdy outlook.

Indeed, this is what prompted the Lagos state government to establish several task forces with the objective of riding the state of trading at these unusual spots.

However, there is a location that besides being illegal, it also poses an enormous risk to the traders who ply their trades there. It is on railway tracks.



It common for railway tracks, especially in the Lagos area, to have convergences of traders selling all manner of goods. These locations are typically Mecca of some sort for those in search of “Okrika” clothes and other used and substandard wares to buy.

Every day, traders and their customers turn these locations to huge markets.

Some examples of railway track locations in Lagos with huge market activities are Oshodi, Mushin, Ikeja-Along, Yaba bus-stop, etc.

Tragically, this unusual and very risky trading practice has led to the death of some people, especially those who were not quick enough to depart the scene for an oncoming train.

In addition, train trips that has been scheduled to arrive at its destinations at a particular time are sometimes disrupted or delayed because it would be halted for longer than necessary for these traders to clear their wares from the track before it would continue its journey.

Sometimes, some people at these railway marketplaces have made fatal judgments forgetting that trains are not as controllable as cars that can be stopped at will.



Interestingly, during the administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola, there was a ban on trading on railway tracks. This ban was vigorously enforced at the time. However, the enforcement of that ban appears to have been relaxed in the current administration.

It gets even more curious, when one discovered that certain task forces are deployed to some of these locations to collect revenues from the illegal traders at these railway track marketplaces.

Perhaps, this is the reason why this high-risk illegality persists on our railway tracks.













Source:

https://autojosh.com/why-is-trading-and-other-activities-allowed-on-railway-tracks-in-nigeria/

Everything is allowed in Nigeria, especially in Lagos.

Ph situation is worst

Have you checked China?

autojosh:
Almost every part of Lagos have been converted into a marketplace. On roadsides, ontop of pedestrian bridges, inside Molues, in traffic, etc., everywhere is a market.

This unregulated commercialization of every spot in Lagos is what gives Lagos its rowdy outlook.

Indeed, this is what prompted the Lagos state government to establish several task forces with the objective of riding the state of trading at these unusual spots.

However, there is a location that besides being illegal, it also poses an enormous risk to the traders who ply their trades there. It is on railway tracks.



It common for railway tracks, especially in the Lagos area, to have convergences of traders selling all manner of goods. These locations are typically Mecca of some sort for those in search of “Okrika” clothes and other used and substandard wares to buy.

Every day, traders and their customers turn these locations to huge markets.

Some examples of railway track locations in Lagos with huge market activities are Oshodi, Mushin, Ikeja-Along, Yaba bus-stop, etc.

Tragically, this unusual and very risky trading practice has led to the death of some people, especially those who were not quick enough to depart the scene for an oncoming train.

In addition, train trips that has been scheduled to arrive at its destinations at a particular time are sometimes disrupted or delayed because it would be halted for longer than necessary for these traders to clear their wares from the track before it would continue its journey.

Sometimes, some people at these railway marketplaces have made fatal judgments forgetting that trains are not as controllable as cars that can be stopped at will.



Interestingly, during the administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola, there was a ban on trading on railway tracks. This ban was vigorously enforced at the time. However, the enforcement of that ban appears to have been relaxed in the current administration.

It gets even more curious, when one discovered that certain task forces are deployed to some of these locations to collect revenues from the illegal traders at these railway track marketplaces.

Perhaps, this is the reason why this high-risk illegality persists on our railway tracks.













Source:

https://autojosh.com/why-is-trading-and-other-activities-allowed-on-railway-tracks-in-nigeria/

South West for a reason
cc onyeoga shallysgirl
Adebowale89 is still in class ooo

Autojosh, u snapped this pictures in Agege
Its even worse at night, the craziest thing happening in Agege is that the the train don't have no choice than to slowdown till it move away from the trading zone,some people won't even move their wares until the train is just some inches away from em..

I can't blame those traders, they are trying. what Government should have done is to create a platform for those traders to showcase their talent. they are very [color=#006600][/color]good in business. with little amount of capital, they are good to go. we have some of them here in Abuja but instead of government to open a market for them, they are just pursing them out of the street, some of trader self have gone to jail because he or she is selling market along the road. AMAC they disturb them very well. God bless nija

wellmax:
It happens everywhere

No sir/ma'am not everywhere!

This picture posted particularly is Agege,very close to Agege rail way police station.
The railway police at Agege and Railway official are very much aware of these and they collect the rent out for space.
The consequence and hazard to human life is not their concern anyway.

Pavore9:
Even on the roof of a moving train, weed is being sold in the evenings.

Confirm

This even better... You need to see mile 1 Port Harcourt own, I keep wondering how they manage to park there goods at the sound of train

Without sentiment, Lagos will continue to experience those ills an others. Over population is responsible for that. The development of other state will make it ease. Govt will need to intensify more effort to curb that by providing shops at low cost.

psychologist:
Go to yaba, Tejuosho complex precisely, get to know the price of stores there, then come back and ask me the question again



Bottom line Nigeria is a failed state

THE ASS HOLES ARE DOING BONANZA NOW 47K A MONTH ...JUST IMAGINE

Oga you just want to deny people their daily bread abi, when the government is busy demolishing shops, they should come to your house and shade their market abi, see as long as the train has loud, they always clear ahead of time .

Untainted007:
What else do you expect from a government that is only sensitive on collection of tax and increase in land use charge but never bothered to utilise those fund for the creation of jobs and giving out soft loans to SMEs. You hardly find people trading at unwanted places during Fashola's regime. This present government concentrates more on creating bus stops, BRT tracks and motor parks without considering proper avenues for traders for people. When this government destroyed Oshodi market to create Motor park where else do you want traders to move to?

Oga keep quite cos this been on from time immemorial

psychologist:
Go to yaba, Tejuosho complex precisely, get to know the price of stores there, then come back and ask me the question again



Bottom line Nigeria is a failed state

And Tinubu is building malls on places traders were booted away.

mykeltee:

Oga keep quite cos this been on from time immemorial

I cant keep quite like a coward who you are. What stop the truth from being told. Is it the same way Fashola left Oshodi sanitized, is the way it is now? More concentration are being place on BRT roads and parks then increment in tax.