It's Christmas season once again, Pete advertise and promote your products and services through the following channels:

- professional flyer distribution service
- stickers pasting on buses, cars, bins, poles, strategic locations and major streets.
- banner hosting
- pedestrian footbridges advert panels
- hire skaters for events and road shows
- online presence on social media

Call/WhatsApp:
08 139 458 588, 08 053 408 939

*PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PANEL ADVERTISING IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA*

We are pleased to introduce to you a means of poster advertising which serves as a replacement for indiscriminate poster pasting in Lagos state.

Our Agency is approved by LASAA.

we have advert panels in over Thirty Five (35) Pedestrian bridges walkways in different parts of Lagos state, strategically positioned to capture the attention of your target Audience.

It is currently available on the following pedestrian bridges in Lagos –

(1)Ojota, (2)Ketu, (3) mile 12 (4) Alapere, (5) Ikeja, (6)Oshodi (7) Cele, (cool ljesha, (9) Maryland, (10) ilasa, (11) Anthony
(12) Obanikoro, (13) palm groove, (14) Onipanu, (15) Jibowu, (16) Barrack-Ojuelegba, (17) Alaka, (18) CMS. (19) Ile –Epo
(20) Ijaiye, (21) ldumota, (22) Iyana-Oworo (23) Gbagada, (24) Trade fair, (25) mile 2, (26) Berger, (27) Car wash, (28) Oshodi,
(29) Anthony village, (30) Ojota 2, (31) Fadeyi, (32) Five star, (33) Trade fair,
(34) Alapomeji, (35) Oshodi 2, (36) Apongbon.

Call/WhatsApp:
08 139 458 588, 08 053 408 939

You can use our flyer distribution service to share flyers, posters, stickers and any promotional item in Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Port-Harcourt, Enugu, etc.

We paste posters nationwide.

*WE PASTE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN POSTERS NATIONWIDE*

Contact:
Symmetric Outdoors.

WE can distribute 20000 flyers with 10 skaters in 2 days in the following areas:

Location - High traffic regions (Lekki-Ajah traffic, Obalrnde-cms, Oshodi-Apapa) and malls (ShopRite, spa, palms) on the Island and mainland.

Contact:
Symmetric Communications.

*DISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR 4000 FLIERS:*

Day 1:
- CMS: 1000 fliers, 2 skaters
- Victoria Island: 1000 fliers, 2 skaters

Day 2:
- Lekki: 1000 fliers, 2 skaters
- Ikeja: 1000 fliers, 2 skaters

LAGOS ADVERT AGENCY RELEASES GUIDELINES ON PASTING OF POSTERS FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

Lagos State Signage and Advertisements Agency (LASAA) has issued guidelines on the use of election campaign materials in the state ahead of the 2023 general elections as provided under its enabling law.

Managing Director of LASAA, Mr. Adedamola Docemo, who spoke on the guidelines, yesterday, urged everyone involved to comply for sanity and to protect the environment from defilement, visual blight and other adverse effects of uncontrolled or unregulated deployment and display of political campaign materials within the state during the upcoming electioneering period.

Docemo said: “The guidelines are issued without prejudice to any political party, association or aspirant as it is the agency’s intention to ensure fairness and equity among all concerned stakeholders, while judiciously performing its duties and applying the rules without sentiment or bias.

“Based on the guidelines, political campaigns on billboards and wall drapes may only be deployed on existing structures owned and operated by outdoor advertising practitioners who are registered with the agency and have obtained permits for such sites and structures.

“A-frame may only be placed on road verges, medians on inner streets and must not exceed a size of 2×1 metre (big size) and 0.5 x 0.5 metre (small size) and it must have a distance of not less than 100 metres between each sign deployed, which must be made of standard and sturdy materials to ensure that they do not drop or block the roads.”

On the use of banners, these can only be displayed on inner roads and streets, and must be attached to the wall of a particular building – with the consent/agreement of the building owners – limited to inner streets and also not tied to poles or public utilities, including electric and telecom poles.

Also, on the use of posters, the guidelines allow that they may be pasted on designated surfaces on inner streets only and not seen on highways, major roads and high streets.

The posters must not be pasted on public utility structures, such as streetlamp poles, transformers, bridge pillars/barriers, road directional sign, electrical poles and other unauthorised surfaces.

The agency, therefore, strongly advised that political parties and aspirants must refrain from indiscriminate deployment of campaign posters and embrace the use of other creative and innovative platforms, including stick in the ground, billboards mobile A-frames and mobile adverts.

It also reiterated its readiness to assist and co-operate with all political parties, politicians, campaigners and their supporters in ensuring that they have a hitch-free political participation.

*40,000 FLIERS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN LAGOS MAINLAND:*

*DAY 1:*
- Suruere: 2 skaters
- Ikeja: 2 skaters
- Ogudu 2 skaters

*Day 2:*
- Ojota: 2 skaters
- Berger: 2 skaters
- Oshodi: 2 skaters

*Day 3:*
- Gbagada: 2 skaters
- Bariga: 2 skaters
- Gbagada 2 skaters

*Day 4:*
- Akoka 2 skaters
- Yaba 2 skaters
- Somolu 2skaters

*Day 5:*
- Ikorodu 2 skaters
- Ketu 2 skaters
- Magodo 2. skaters

*DURATION:* 5 days.

*QUANTITY PER DAY:* Sharing 7500 fliers per days.

NIGERIA POSTER ADVERTISING

Are you always looking for new and exciting ways to advertise?

We here at Symmetric Poster Distribution have over 15 years’ experience in high impact poster distribution and pasting campaigns in Nigeria.

Having participated in 4 cycles of elections in Nigeria, since 2007, with years of practical experience in professional poster pasting working for different politicians, aspirants and political parties across Nigeria in Presidential, National
Assembly, States and Local Government elections in Nigeria.

We have wealth of experience in pasting political campaign posters in Lagos, and Nationwide.

Professionally executed poster advertising campaigns have a wide and high target market influence, reaching thousands of members of the public daily. When an event is publicised with a high impact poster distribution campaign the public are bombarded by visual advertisements (posters) for your production/event. In one day a single member of the public may see a hundreds of your posters or even thousands of your posters and of course every single poster might be seen and read by hundreds or even thousands of potential audience, voters, electorate, etc.

Research shows that the average lifespan of a poster is approximately four weeks, in that time thousands of people will have walked by your posters or sat and read your posters. This repetition of visual exposure towards potential target audience created by a high impact poster distribution campaign gives you, seeking political office as president, senator, house of representative, governor, chairman, councillor, federal & state law makers, the highest chance of being remembered and therefore voted for.

WE PASTE 2023 ELECTION CAMPAIGN POSTERS IN NIGERIA.

Contact:
Symmetric Communications.

ELECTION CAMPAIGN POSTERS IN NIGERIA POLITICS

With political candidates and elections featuring heavily in the news at the moment, now is a good time for those involved in politics to consider promoting their campaigns through poster advertising.

Political campaign posters in Lagos-Nigeria, are always important tools for marketing a political campaign for politicians, political parties and for getting a candidate's name known to the Nigeria voting public.

Election campaign posters in Nigeria are posted in public areas, highways, bridges, bus-stops, terminals, conspicuous walls, popular roads, streets and junctions in a community, printed on bond materials in A1, A2, portrait and landscape sizes, and made into signs, and are used to decorate a campaign office and other public areas.

Political election campaign posters in Lagos, Nigeria are certainly nothing new - for as long as there have been political events, rivals, primary and general elections, posters have been used to either build up a candidate chances of winning or to criticize an opponent.

The posters that political parties/campaigns put out for their candidates are designed to show him or her in the best light possible. They choose the best photograph of the candidate, vibrant and youthful to put on the poster. This is usually accompanied by the campaign slogan or a listing of the candidate’s policies, promises, beliefs, party logo and manifestoes.

Deciding what to put on a poster can make a difference to how a candidate is perceived during political campaign in Lagos, Nigeria and during voting in 2023 general election in Nigeria.

That is why it is likely and pertinent that all campaign organizers, politicians, political parties, party faithfuls and supporters, printers consult with professional poster pasting company in Lagos-Nigeria, to professionally paste their 2023 election posters in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and other cities across Nigeria.

We are Symmetric Communications, we have uncommon experience and expertise in pasting political posters for presidential, senatorial, governorship, national and state houses of assembly, chairmanship and councillorship elections and poster pasting across Nigeria.

WE have a lot of experience in campaign poster pasting for all political parties in Nigeria. We know the correct location and public area to paste your campaign posters in Lagos, Nigeria. We use the appropriate pasting materials and technology to paste and integrate, the right spacing to blend together, and to make a campaign poster stand out.

We are Symmetric Communications, a pioneer and founding member of the Association of Poster Distributors of Lagos State.

WE ARE THE BEST POSTER PASTING COMPANY/AGENCY IN LAGOS, NIGERIA & AFRICA.

Contact us..

HIRE / BOOK PROFESSIONAL ROLLER SKATERS & DANCERS TO SHARE FLYERS & PASTE STICKERS IN LAGOS

For something truly unique, dynamic and exciting hire roller skating acts or roller skating dancers to be the life of your party. These high-energy, vibrant roller skating acts will make a fabulous impression on your guests. For more details on hiring roller skating dancers and roller skating acts get in touch…

If you are wishing to book roller skaters to distribute your fliers, leaflets, booklets, pamphlets, invites, journals, handbills, etc.

We have the best roller skating team for hire! We also paste stickers and posters in Lagos and neighbouring states. All our roller skaters are professionals and very talented.

We aim to give your roller skating party the best roller skating entertainment in the business. If you hire a roller skater with us we strive to give you some of the best roller skating event entertainment in the world.

1000 STICKERS TO PASTED ON BUSES, KEKE, CARS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SURULERE, LAGOS:

- Ojuelegba bridge,
- National Stadium,
- Shita,
- Marshall,
- Lawanson

Contact:
Symmetric Communications.

30,000 FLIERS FOR LAGOS MAINLAND & LAGOS ISLAND

*Lagos Mainland*

- Ikeja: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Surulere: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Yaba: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Ojodu -Berger: 2000 Fliers, 4 skaters

- Maryland: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Ikorodu: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Oshodi: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Gbagada: 1000 Fliers, 2 Skaters

*Lagos Island*

- Victoria Island: 2000, Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Lekki: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Ajah: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Ikoyi: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Lagos Island: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- CMS: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Epe: 2000 Fliers, 4 Skaters

- Obalende: 1000 Fliers, 2 Skaters

PICTURES & VIDEO WILL BE CAPTURED DURING DISTRIBUTION

BRT BUS ROUTE

BUS ROUTE A
Ikorodu-Mile 12
Ikorodu-Maryland
Ikorodu-Oshodi Terminal 3
Ikorodu-Agric
Ikorodu-Aruna
Ikorodu-Ogonloto
Ikorodu-Irawo
Ikorodu-Owode
Ikorodu-Ketu
Ikorodu-Ojota-Anthony-Palmgrove
Ikorodu-Onipan-Fadeyi-Baracks-Staduim-Costain
Ikorodu-CMS
Ikorodu-TBS
Ikorodu-Yaba-Oyingbo
Ikorodu-Obalenda (via 3rd Mainland Bridge)
Agric-Yaba-Obalenda
Ikorodu-Ajegunle

BUS ROUTE B
Ikorodu-Agric
Ikorodu-Mile 12
Ikorodu-Ketu
Ikorodu-OjotaOshodi-Abule-Egba
Oshodi-Yaba
Oshodi-Ikeja-ikotun
Ikorodu-Oshodi
Ikorodu-Ketu
Ikorodu-Ojota
Ikorodu-Maryland-Anthony
Ikorodu-Fadeyi
Ikorodu-Onipan-palmgrove
Ikorodu-TBS
Ikorodu-CMS
Ikorodu-Costain
Ojota-TBS
Oshodi-Ikola
Oshodi-Dopemu

BRT BUS BRANDING ADVERTISING IN LAGOS, NIGERIA

Contact:
Symmetric Communications

FLYER ACTIVATION / DISTRIBUTION IN LEKKI & GRA-IKEJA FOR 3 SATURDAYS

*1st Saturday*
- Lekki: 1000 Flyers, 2 Skaters
- GRA-Ikeja: 1000 Flyers, 2 Skaters

*2nd Saturday*
- Lekki: 1000 Flyers, 2 Skaters
- GRA-Ikeja: 1000 Flyers, 2 Skaters

*3rd Saturday*
- Lekki: 1000 Flyers, 2 Skaters
- GRA-Ikeja: 1000 Flyers, 2 Skaters

*Total Number of Flyers:*
6000 Flyers

*Total Number of Skaters:*
12 Skaters

Branded T-Shirts will be made available to the skaters for the campaign.

*Duration of Campaign*
Three(3) consecutive Saturdays

*Means of Evaluation:*
Pictures & Video

*Special Instruction to Skaters:*
- No dreadlocks
- No bag
- No rugged jeans

All skaters must be decently dressed with a positive disposition.

COST:

*Contact:*
Symmetric Communications.

LASSA

The following are some of the Lagos State Structure for Signage and Advertisement Agency, Law 2006 (as amended):

SECTION 3: The Functions of the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency shall be to:

control outdoor structures to be used for signage and advertisements;
issue licenses and permits for the construction and placement of outdoor structures in any part of the State;
protect the environment from potential adverse impact from visual blights;
control the number, size and location of outdoor structures;
ensure that outdoor structures are soundly and carefully designed, erected, modified, maintained or removed when no longer in use to avoid potential damages to lives and property;
ensure that outdoor structures are compatible with surrounding land uses and environment and further ensure the beatification of the immediate surrounding and vicinity of the advertisement;
control the pasting and display of posters on public structures and highways;
organise the procedure to regulate the ownership and operation of outdoor structures for the purpose of signage or advertisements under specific regulations as contained in this law;
reject, revoke or modify a permit if found to be in violation of any of the provisions of this Law or the conditions for its grant;
prepare and keep all records related to the issuance and denial of outdoor structures permit as well as appropriate general records;
monitor and inspect through its Monitoring Unit any outdoor structure and verify its compliance with the Law; and
establish a data-base of all the outdoor structures used for signage and advertisement, their owners and operators as well as their location and the reason for the operation;
SECTION 20: Registration Permits

Every outdoor structure owned by a corporate entity shall be registered by its owner.
Such owner shall provide his registration number as a reference with application for a permit.
The information required for the outdoor structure and the application thereon are incorporated within the Schedules to this law.
Every registered outdoor shall have a registration code provided by the Agency.
No structure shall be erected without having its registration code being duly sealed or mounted on it.
The following structure shall require registration:
Structures for free-standing portable signs including any sign on a standard, column or A-frame board fixed to its own self-contained base which may be moved manually or temporarily attached to a permanent free-standing sign;
Structures for billboards including any signage structure designed and intended to provide a leasing advertising copy area where the copy can be periodically replaced, typically by the use of pre-printed copy pasted or otherwise mounted onto the copy area;
Structures for billboards of the Spectacular’ type, that is those with over 20square metres of area;
Structures for roof sign including any sign which is entirely upon and above the roofline or parapet of a building.
Structures for a wall sign including any sign painted or posted on a wall;
Structures for furniture or statue type of sign including structures, kiosk supporting outdoor signage;and
Structures for temporary signs including any permitted, designed or intended to be displayed for a short period of time.
Any such sign shall be recorded using the form and the attachment referred to in the Schedules to this law.
The permit required by the agency shall be issued upon the payment of the prescribed fees, and shall be renewed annually.
Each structure shall bear, at its base the registration number of the owners as well as the permit number of the structures.
SECTION 25: Requirement to Register as Owner of a Structure:

“It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct, enlarge or structurally modify an outdoor structure or operate any structure or signage or advertisement without first being registered by the Agency”

SECTION27: Existing Outdoor Structures:

Owners and operators of existing structures shall complete and submit the prescribed pre-scrutiny and application forms with the Agency and apply for the permits required by this Law.
Where a structure which existed before this Law is not registered within a period of one month following the enactment of this Law, the Agency shall, with or without notice as it deems fit, direct the removal of same at the expense of the owner.

LASSA

The following are some of the Lagos State Structure for Signage and Advertisement Agency, Law 2006 (as amended):

SECTION 3: The Functions of the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency shall be to:

control outdoor structures to be used for signage and advertisements;
issue licenses and permits for the construction and placement of outdoor structures in any part of the State;
protect the environment from potential adverse impact from visual blights;
control the number, size and location of outdoor structures;
ensure that outdoor structures are soundly and carefully designed, erected, modified, maintained or removed when no longer in use to avoid potential damages to lives and property;
ensure that outdoor structures are compatible with surrounding land uses and environment and further ensure the beatification of the immediate surrounding and vicinity of the advertisement;
control the pasting and display of posters on public structures and highways;
organise the procedure to regulate the ownership and operation of outdoor structures for the purpose of signage or advertisements under specific regulations as contained in this law;
reject, revoke or modify a permit if found to be in violation of any of the provisions of this Law or the conditions for its grant;
prepare and keep all records related to the issuance and denial of outdoor structures permit as well as appropriate general records;
monitor and inspect through its Monitoring Unit any outdoor structure and verify its compliance with the Law; and
establish a data-base of all the outdoor structures used for signage and advertisement, their owners and operators as well as their location and the reason for the operation;
SECTION 20: Registration Permits

Every outdoor structure owned by a corporate entity shall be registered by its owner.
Such owner shall provide his registration number as a reference with application for a permit.
The information required for the outdoor structure and the application thereon are incorporated within the Schedules to this law.
Every registered outdoor shall have a registration code provided by the Agency.
No structure shall be erected without having its registration code being duly sealed or mounted on it.
The following structure shall require registration:
Structures for free-standing portable signs including any sign on a standard, column or A-frame board fixed to its own self-contained base which may be moved manually or temporarily attached to a permanent free-standing sign;
Structures for billboards including any signage structure designed and intended to provide a leasing advertising copy area where the copy can be periodically replaced, typically by the use of pre-printed copy pasted or otherwise mounted onto the copy area;
Structures for billboards of the Spectacular’ type, that is those with over 20square metres of area;
Structures for roof sign including any sign which is entirely upon and above the roofline or parapet of a building.
Structures for a wall sign including any sign painted or posted on a wall;
Structures for furniture or statue type of sign including structures, kiosk supporting outdoor signage;and
Structures for temporary signs including any permitted, designed or intended to be displayed for a short period of time.
Any such sign shall be recorded using the form and the attachment referred to in the Schedules to this law.
The permit required by the agency shall be issued upon the payment of the prescribed fees, and shall be renewed annually.
Each structure shall bear, at its base the registration number of the owners as well as the permit number of the structures.
SECTION 25: Requirement to Register as Owner of a Structure:

“It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct, enlarge or structurally modify an outdoor structure or operate any structure or signage or advertisement without first being registered by the Agency”

SECTION27: Existing Outdoor Structures:

Owners and operators of existing structures shall complete and submit the prescribed pre-scrutiny and application forms with the Agency and apply for the permits required by this Law.
Where a structure which existed before this Law is not registered within a period of one month following the enactment of this Law, the Agency shall, with or without notice as it deems fit, direct the removal of same at the expense of the owner.

*JANUARY DISTRIBUTION:*

3400 STICKERS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN:

- Victoria Island, 850 Stickers, 3 Skaters

- Marina, 850 Stickers, 3 Skaters

- Ikoyi, 850 Stickers, 3 Skaters

- Ikeja, 850 Stickers, 3 Skaters

WE SHARE FLYERS AND PASTE STICKERS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA.

Contact:
Symmetric Communications.

LAGOS FLYER DISTRIBUTION SERVICE

7500 Flyers to be distributed as follows:

- Ojota: 1500 Flyers, 3 Skaters

- Ogba: 1500 Flyers, 3 Skaters

- Ikorodu: 1500 Flyers, 3 Skaters

- Ajao Estate: 1500 Flyers, 3 Skaters

- Ikotun: 1500 Flyers, 3 Skaters

Total Number of Skaters: 15 Skaters.

WE SHARE FLYERS & PASTE STICKERS IN LAGOS.

Contact:
Symmetric Outdoors.

WHY LAGOSIANS MAY NEVER FULLY EMBRACE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.

The Lagos State Government on Sunday, February 11, 2024 officially announced its decision to commence full enforcement of the use of pedestrian bridges within its metropolis.

Lagos as a commercial nerve and metropolitan state is not new to avoidable stories of ‘hit and run’ accidents involving motorists and pedestrians crossing highways instead of using foot bridges.

According to a 2023 data from the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Nigeria has the highest rate of death from motor accidents in Africa; leading 43 other nations in the number of deaths per 10,000 vehicle crashes”. “Nigeria is followed by Ethiopia, Malawi and Ghana with 219,183 and 178 deaths per 10,000 vehicles, respectively”.

FRSC disclosed that 1,349 people were killed in road accidents between January 1 and April 12, 2023. According to the Commission, the crash involved 3,965 vehicles conveying 16,102 people. Out of that number, 1,349 people were killed, while 7,744 got injured.

It is in the light of the foregoing that the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab in his February 11 directive on behave of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration described crossing of major highways in the state by pedestrians as an offence, adding that any defaulter caught will be prosecuted.

Wahab via his X handle (formerly Twitter) stated that officials of the State Environmental Safety Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), alongside other agencies have been instructed to enforce this directive immediately, stating “Crossing the highway is an offence in Lagos State.

“Lagos State Government has given a marching order to LAGESC officials, (KAI) Marshall and other law enforcement officials to arrest anyone crossing the highway and then charge them to court immediately.”

The commissioner, further urged residents to make use of pedestrian bridges, “Please, use the pedestrian bridges across the state,” he said.

Following this directive, the LAGESC officials were dispatched strategically to different pedestrian bridges in the state to enforce compliance. However, a two-week on-the-spot assessment and monitoring by NewsClick Nigeria team revealed states of the bridges including what both enforcement officials and pedestrians face daily.

Why we are not comfortable using pedestrian bridges – Lagos residents.

NewsClick Nigeria team spoke to a cross section of pedestrians on why they seldom use the bridges and their responses are as captured below;

Acrophobia: According to Wikipedia, Acrophobia, also known as hipsophobia, is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. Residents told NewsClick Nigeria team that they would rather use the highway than the pedestrian bridge because of the height.

A pedestrian at Ikeja Along Bus Stop who identified himself as Mr John said the bridge is ‘too high’. He said “I use the bridge because it is safe but the bridge is too high for me. Anytime I use the bridge, I always feel tired but I still have to use it for my own safety. This is the reason most people do not use the bridge here at Along,’ he said.

Another pedestrian at same location who identified herself as Mrs Qadri said she uses the bridge as part of her sacrifice for national development. ‘I am of the opinion that for real development we need to make sacrifices. The bridge may not be comfortable for everyone but that is the price we need to pay for our safety. I use the bridge out of willingness,’ she said.

Health challenges: Some pedestrians said their underlying health challenges makes it difficult for them to use the bridge. Mr Ola in Palmgroove said he doesn’t use the pedestrian bridge because it is more easier to cross than using the bridge. He also said that he can’t use the bridge because he is asthmatic. ‘The bridge is so tall that I run out of breath using it. I almost pass out on the bridge one time and there was no one to come to my rescue. Since then I have stopped using it. I know the bridge is meant to be safer but due to health reasons I can’t use it. If the government create electric bridge then I’ll change my mind. Some of the bridges are not accessible for physically challenged. So I feel the government needs to do better if they truly want to help us.’

A young lady who identified herself as Miss Tomi said: ‘I hardly use the bridge because of my BP issues. I have high blood pressure. My blood pressure usually escalate anytime I use the bridge.’

Mrs Omozuwa in her fifties said: ‘I have rheumatism. This long bridge isn’t for someone like me please. I can’t be climbing such steps with my legs. I prefer to cross.’

Overcrowded: Some pedestrians said they avoided using the foot bridges because it is usually overcrowded and as such unsafe to use. ‘You need to see the number of people waiting to use this bridge. That in itself wastes time. So to avoid time wastage, I just cross,’ a pedestrian at Oshodi told NewsClick Nigeria.

Filthiness: The sight and stench oozing from some of the foot bridges visited is better imagined than experienced. ‘You can’t ask people to use the pedestrian bridge in such condition. Most of these bridges are now dumping sites. Let government or the KAI people themselves come and see this for themselves and still in their conscience arrest those crossing the roads,’ a pedestrian at Oyingbo seeing using the express told our reporter.

Lack of Fitness: NewsClick Nigeria reporters observed that some residents are generally not fit and thus find climbing the bridge an extra burden. A middle aged woman at the popular Berger Bus Stop said: ‘I have to lean on the railing each time I use the bridge because I feel dizzy almost immediately. A resident at Iyana Ipaja, Miss joy said: “I don’t make use of the bridge please. I prefer crossing, the bridge is too long for me.

Beggars’ colony: ‘Most of these bridges have become beggars haven. They’ll bombard you and sometimes harass you if you don’t do their bidding of giving them money. And it’s not just kids, some adults too have joined these begging teams. So it’s better not to just go through that stress. I’m better off crossing,’ a pedestrian at Maza Maza said.

Dilapidation: Some of the bridges visited are either totally abandoned or in bad shape. Most don’t have illumination for night usage.

Fear of attacks: ‘Who will rescue us when these criminals strike? The attack and steal from people even in broad day light. It’s better to cross than fall victim of these criminals who can even kill to get what they want from you. The Lagos State Government needs to fix all these lapses before forcing people to such foot bridges,’ a Lekki resident said.

We’re working to fix most of the issues raised – LAGESC.

Meanwhile, State Environmental Safety Corps (LAGESC) has said agency is working intensively to address most of the challenges raised by Lagosians on using the pedestrian bridges. The Corp’s spokesperson, Ajayi Lukman, said efforts were in place to clean, rid the bridges of miscreants and also fix leakages on roofs. LAGESC Corps Marshal, Maj. Olatunbosun Cole (retd.) in a recent reaction to conviction of some miscreants obstructing pedestrians from using the bridge said: ‘The conviction of these criminal elements is a right step in the right direction, being that they have caused irreparable havoc to Lagosians in transit by harassing men, and women and dispossessing them of their valuables, which forces them to risk their lives by crossing the highways.’

A LAGESC official, Taiwo Ogundairo who spoke to NewsClick Nigeria reporter at Cele Express Bus Stop said pedestrians are free to approach them if they have difficulty in using the bridge rather than crossing. He said those caught will be arrested and charged to court immediately and maybe sentenced without option of fine. ‘People comply especially when KAI officials are around so that they won’t be arrested. Those arrested are usually taken to the head office before being charged to court. The offenders are usually asked to sweep a certain pedestrian bridge and there are no option of fine,’ he said.

‘People with bad sights are at liberty to walk up to any officer, and request they should be assisted in climbing the bridge,’ he said

Ogundairo also denied that KAI officials demand bribes after arresting offenders. Our officials don’t demand for bribe after arresting an offender. Such official might be dismissed from service if caught,” he said.

The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab had said that clampdown on residents who float government’s order will not stop. He said residents who also pounce on LAGESC officials effecting arrest will not be speared.