Lagos restricts trailers and articulated vehicles movement on it's road

The Lagos State Government on Sunday restated it's determination to restrict trailers and articulated vehicles from plying the metropolis between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. to prevent accidents.

Mr Oluseyi Whenu, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, disclosed this at a meeting in Lagos with the leadership of the various transport unions in the State. He explained that the restriction was to ensure strict enforcement of the Road Traffic Law, which, according to him, was often violated by the trailer drivers. The meeting was prompted due to the fatal accident involving a container-laden trailer on Sept. 2 at Ojuelegba. Whenu said the trailer contravened Section 2 (i) and 2 (ii) of

the Road Traffic Law 2012. He said that government would henceforth go tough on any

trailer and long vehicle that contravenes the law. Whenu said that such vehicle would be impounded and made to pay the stipulated fine accordingly.

Responding, Alhaji Musa Muhammed, the State Chairman of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), expressed the unions’ readiness to comply with the laws to prevent accidents. Muhammed, who spoke on behalf of other union leaders, pledged their members’ readiness to cooperate with the government in maintaining law and order as well as sanity in. the transport sector.