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crownwealth:
No single project commissioned since sworn-in, is this not an achievement already?

NGpatriot:
You can not see everything from your village.

ud4u:
Nigerians are not helping the government at all, how can a normal human being steal these covers for how much will they sell it

crownwealth:
..,

idealogical:
You can not sit in your village and still know what is going on in Lagos.

Blue3k:
What us the motivation to steal a manhole cover of all things. It's just cheap hunk of metal.

gaetano:
Vandals will soon remove it.

nellybadas:
Is this a joke? A state government replacing manhole is making news. Just like saying I paid my child's lesson fee and taking glory for it.

West2019:
action Governor , Olu for president 2023

nellybadas:
Is this a joke? A state government replacing manhole is making news. Just like saying I paid my child's lesson fee and taking glory for it.

crownwealth:
No single project commissioned since sworn-in, is this not an achievement already?

crownwealth:
Keep deceiving yourself.


Read what you posted.

Sanwoolu fix pot-holes on 31 roads and commissioned it. What a fraudulent way of deceiving their brainwashed followers. ;

naptu2:
Already some weird people are trying to play politics with an issue that has cost human lives!

Ajibel:
Why are you lying that he hasn't commissioned any project? Gosh

Ajibel:
That's the trademark of anonimi whenever he sees a Lagos thread

ijebubabe:
Poverty.

That's the motivation.

Ajibel:
That's the trademark of anonimi whenever he sees a Lagos thread

idealogical:
He's a troll.

idealogical:
Hatred makes people lie easily.

naptu2:
Something really bad happened this morning. Thank God that it wasn't much worse.

I got off the bridge at the Ikoyi end and there was a man that was running in front of me. The man accidently stepped on one of the tyres above the manholes and he went down.

Thank God that he didn't fall in completely and thank God also that he wasn't terribly hurt. He was on the ground for a while until I and some other people helped him up.


People have been stealing the manhole covers at the Alexander Avenue Roundabout for a while. The covers are often replaced and then these criminals steal them again. So, right now, it seems that the government has gotten tired of replacing them and in order to prevent people from falling in, some people have placed tyres over the manholes to alert members of the public of the danger.

Yet those things are still a hazard.


The criminals do not steal the manhole covers on the bridge or the ones at the Lekki end of the bridge, but for some strange reason they keep stealing the covers at the Alexander Avenue Roundabout.

anonimi:
No, we don't need security.
All we need are prayers.



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tete7000:
What are doing in your personal capacity to change the narrative? Do you just wail?

anonimi:
Education for everyone and enlightenment on civic responsibilities consistently coupled with exemplary behaviour by the leaders - religious & political.
If China and Singapore can change the crude behaviour of their people, why not us? India is also on its way doing the same thing.


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naptu2:
For quite a long time Lagosians have complained about the problem of open manholes. These holes have caused many car accidents and deaths in Lagos. For example, look at this 2017 thread.

Lamboginny Raises Alarm Over Major Holes On The Eko Bridge In Lagos (photos)
https://www.nairaland.com/3912203/lamboginny-raises-alarm-over-major#58312975

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I saw a jogger fall into one of those open holes on Alexander Avenue in Ikoyi last year. Luckily he was not seriously injured. We all remember the sad story of Adewura Bello, a young woman who was involved in a motorcycle accident on a flooded street and who was subsequently carried by floodwaters into an open manhole where she drowned (see link below).

Photos Of The Manhole That Swallowed Up Adewura Belo And Her Bike Rider
https://www.nairaland.com/5211741/photos-manhole-swallowed-up-adewura

These manhole covers, along with bridge railings and electrical cables, are often stolen by criminals who sell them as scrap metals. For example, see this thread below:

Amuwo Odofin Task Force Arrests Manhole Cover Thieves
https://www.nairaland.com/5499284/amuwo-odofin-task-force-arrests


Governor Babatunde Fashola considered using concrete manhole covers because the theft of these covers had gotten out of hand.


The Lagos State Government is currently replacing manhole covers across the state and they replaced the missing manhole covers on Eko Bridge yesterday. The question is, how will they ensure that these new covers are not stolen?

Blue3k:
What us the motivation to steal a manhole cover of all things. It's just cheap hunk of metal.

nuban07:
If not for our backwardness, why will they be removing a man hole cover, something that can lead to a major accident or we now need security to be watching over man hole cover again