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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).

Ishilove:
There is everything wrong with it. Why must we buy it a high price in the first place? The whole idea of limiting importation of foreign rice is to boost the local production. It makes no sense that we are buying the locally made rice at a higher price when we can buy the foreign counterpart at a lower. They need to give the farmers more incentives to produce at a lower cost instead of making policies that is making life harder than it already is for the average Nigerian.

PRESS STATEMENT

NIDCOM STATEMENT ON RENEWED ATTACKS ON SOME NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Abuja, Oct. 23, 2019: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has stated that the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria and South Africa

.....will ensure implementation of the Early Warning Signal mechanisms recently signed between both countries in South Africa, as part of the efforts to curb xenophobic attacks.

2. Speaking against the backdrop of renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, she said the Consul General is on top of the situation.

3. The Consul General, Godwin Adama, is currently in Widbank, Mpumulanga, where the crisis happened. He is at a meeting with the highest police authorities there.

4. The mission intervened immediately and the situation is currently under control. After this meeting, a meeting with Nigerians along with the South African Police will hold" She assured.

5. The mission intervened immediately and the situation is currently under control. After this meeting, a meeting with Nigerians along with the South African Police will hold" She assured.

6. It will be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 3 to 5, led a high powered delegation to South Africa on a two-day state visit on the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians.

7. A series of agreements and Memorandum of Understanding were signed by the two African states to cement the relationship and nip the hostilities in the bud.

But on Tuesday, it was reported that South African citizens resumed xenophobic attacks against Nigerians living in Mpumalamga area of the country.

Signed.
Abdur-Rahman Balogun
Head of Media Unit
NIDCOM.

END.

bareal:
I still maintain that you wouldn't provide this in an interview to prove your major!!!

bareal:
If you were the one, I know you would provide me your cartificate. Why is this different?

bareal:
Is this how your certificate looks?

bareal:
What's the proof? Affidavit?

bareal:
What's the proof? Affidavit?

bareal:
What's the proof? Affidavit?

EastGold:
What Did World Leaders Study at School?

Donal Trump - Economics

Justin Trudeau - Literature

Enrique Peña Nieto - Law

Angela Merkel - Physics

Emmanuel Macron - Philosophy

Xi Jinping - Chemical Engrng

Vladimir Putin - Law

John Magufuli - Chemistry

Buhari - Affidavit

PRESS RELEASE

NCoS TO COMMENCE IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN IKOYI CUSTODIAL CENTRE

The attention of the Nigerian Correctional Service has been drawn to a publication by The Radar Online Medium containing allegations of drug abuse, sodomy, bribery, pimping and cash and carry operations in Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos.

In view of the gravity of the allegations, the Controller General, Ja’afaru Ahmed has set up a high powered panel to immediately commence full investigations into the matter in order to establish the authenticity of the report, identify and bring the culprits to book if found guilty of the allegations.

The CG who gave the directive in his office in Abuja today stated that the Service is willing to work with the general public as well as relevant stakeholders in the justice sector to actualize the policy objectives of transforming the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) into a modern reformatory institution that operates in line with best international practices.

He noted that investigative journalists are partners, who seek the development of the nation, and called for more of such findings aimed at reforming the institution for better service delivery.

Ja’afaru stated further that the Service has no intention of arresting or harassing the journalist over his alleged findings. He therefore called for more constructive engagement with the media and the general public with a view to strengthening the implementation of the Nigerian Correctional Service Act, 2019.

Signed
OF Enobore
Controller of Corrections
Public Relations Officer
For: Controller General of Corrections
22nd October, 2019

EqUalJustice:
Yes, but in my own opinion, I think the development needs to spread to other Locations like Ondo State, Edo, Delta, Rivers, Cross River and Akwa Ibom.

These states are also close to the sea, they can have sea ports too.

The way Lagos is going, the population explosion could be uncontrollable. Except if they want to make Lagos as Industrial sites while other states will just be Residential states only (where people will transit daily via trains).

At the end, Lagos would be an industrial hub.

Are you unaware some communities prevent infrastructural development for the sake of settlement of the youth?

sarrki:
Indomie?

Though it will create jobs

What about the health implications?

porka:
He is actually not referring to services. He is talking about building sustainable wealth that spans several generations of the builders of the institutions.

For instance, what is the assurance that GTBank and Innoson (in your example) would continue to exists in the next 50 years? And more importantly, what is the guarantee that their ownership structure would be in the family/circle to sustain the organizational vision and institutional stability?

In other words, are the current owners children's children not going to be looking for jobs/starting afresh in 100 years from now?

Fine, GTBank had very successful transition from Fola Adeola and managed a non-disruptive succession after the sudden demise of Tayo Aderinokun, but how it can be sustained for another 100 to 200 years is the question.