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RUGAgbuogidia1:
Why post only Proforce products? I thought u mentioned Innoson

Gbajabiamila makes a case for Innoson, Proforce, others

Published October 25, 2019
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has called on the Federal Government to patronise local manufacturers more, especially those producing security equipment.

Gbajabiamila also called for government funding and support for them.


The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Gabriel Olonisakin, said when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Defence in Abuja on Thursday the military was working towards getting more security equipment manufactured locally.

Gbajabiamila, who was on assessment tour of the budget defence sessions between the standing committees and ministries, departments and agencies, said the country must support locally produced products.

He said, “As I listened to you (Olonisakin), I heard you talking about indigenous manufacturers. For us, that is very key and important. Either by way of legislation or budgeting, we encourage indigenous manufacturers. The issue of local content that we all hear about, many people think it is restricted to the petroleum industry that is the cash cow. But I think that if we don’t have a country, we cannot have a petroleum ministry.

“So, the issue of local content must spread, even to security matters. And we have men and women who are capable of delivering the goods, as you have stated here. There is Innoson, there are so many of them. There is Proforce. There are so many of them, we just need to encourage and fund them. I am glad that you are doing that and we are on the same page when it comes to that.”

Gbajabiamila said they were ready to support the armed forces.

kross01:
Speaking further on the gridlock experienced in recent times, the Commissioner described the occurrence as man-made, stating that the enforcement team will ultimately ensure sanity on all roads across the State.
If we must tell ourselves the truth, this right here is a bare faced lie. Lagos roads are awful right now and they are the number one cause of the gridlock. From Apongbon, to Ahmadu Bello way, to Eric Moore, Babs Animashaun, Ijora, ejigbo are all competing to outdo themselves on bad roads. Lagos is grinding to a halt with these bad spots that need critical urgent intervention as people are spending productive times in needless gridlock

jidemoh:
Not the kind of offences LASG is talking about. Common man offences that an average living person won't think about

jidemoh:
Enforcing laws while the lives of the citizenry are not bettered!

A man who lives a convenient life would hardly think about running afoul of the law.

Good evening.

Please kindly be informed that Lagos State Government has released LASEGC officials to be arresting people who cross the main road where there is a pedestrian bridge.

Don't even attempt to cross, because these officials are not in uniform so you won’t even see or recognise them

Pls share.

LASG EMBARKS ON MASSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT


. . . Arrests Traffic Offenders, Street traders and Miscreants

The Lagos State government today embarked on a massive clampdown on illegal activities in various areas of the metropolis, arresting traffic offenders, street traders and miscreants in Oyingbo, Idumota and Apapa.

Speaking during the extensive exercise, the Commissioner for Transportation. Dr. Fredric Oladeinde expressed the government’s determination to ensure sanity on Lagos roads, assuring that the enforcement activities will be sustained until success is achieved.

The Commissioner maintained that it has become obligatory for road users to remain disciplined while plying the roads as the State Government is committed to developing a network of roads that will ease business operations across the State.

While making reference to Governor Sanwo-Olu’s Executive Order directing the removal of impediments to free flow of traffic across the State, Oladeinde noted that the Ministry of Transportation has developed an inclusive plan to find lasting solutions to the perennial challenge of traffic congestion.

“We have had several engagements with Chairmen of LGAs and LCDAs, members of the NURTW, Association of Market Women and Men as well as other relevant stakeholders on the need to support the government in this crusade of ridding our roads of illegal activities”, he affirmed

Oladeinde revealed that the exercise will extend to other areas including Ketu, Ikorodu, Maryland, Lekki/Ajah, Iyana Ipaja and Ikotun corridors, warning traffic offenders not to fall victim of the enforcement exercise, as the government will prosecute anyone contravening the law.

Speaking further on the gridlock experienced in recent times, the Commissioner described the occurrence as man-made, stating that the enforcement team will ultimately ensure sanity on all roads across the State.

“When you have commercial vehicles parking to pick or offload passengers at wrong locations while traders display their goods on the walkways, how do you achieve orderliness on the road”, he wondered.

The Special Adviser on Transportation, Mr. Oluwatoyin Fayinka, who was also part of the team that conducted the enforcement, reiterated that roadsides and walkways are not designated for trading and as such people must desist from engaging in any form of business activities on the roads.

He further revealed that the monitoring and enforcement team have been mandated to arrest and dislodge illegal traders on the road at any time of the day, adding that the State government is committed to bequeathing a desirable environment to all.

Fayinka stated that there is no tenable reason for selling on walkways and highways as Government has provided conducive areas across the State where goods can be sold, asserting that government is always ready to assist traders through its Micro Finance Bank to secure loans for their businesses to thrive.

Commenting on the activities of the yellow buses apprehended, Fayinka noted that the State Government has provided lay-bys and slip roads for the purpose of picking and dropping passengers, urging commercial vehicle drivers to desist from sabotaging the traffic law.

In a similar exercise at Lilly Pond area of Apapa, operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) raided criminal hideouts to dislodge miscreants that have been terrorising residents and motorists along the corridor.

Chairman of the agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that the raid became imperative as innocent members of the public, including traders, complained of criminal attacks on daily basis in the neighbourhood.

Egbeyemi revealed that the enforcement team of the Agency demolished all illegal structures/shanties which serve as abode to these criminal elements before they mobilised and attacked officers of the Agency, including para-military men with dangerous weapons.

According to Egbeyemi " Immediately after a successful operation, my officers came under heavy attack from these notorious armed miscreants who wielded cutlasses, charms, broken bottles and guns which left one of my officers with a bullet wound on his thigh."

"Thereafter, we remobilised and cleared the entire area of all illegal shanties and apprehended all street traders along the road set-backs around 'Lilly Pond Transit Truck Park', arresting 16 notorious miscreants"

CSP Egbeyemi reiterated the State government’s commitment to restore sanity across the State by ensuring free-flow of traffic and fixing all bad roads immediately after the rainy season as contractors have been mobilised to commence rehabilitation work.

He warned all motorists who indulge in flouting traffic regulations to desist forthwith as any offender will be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law.

The enforcement team included officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Lagos State Environment Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), Lagos State Task Force and Lagos State Neighborhood Corps (LNSC).