Lagos state vows to enforce ban on day time movement of container laden trucks
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Posted by FelixOkoli on Tuesday September 8, 2015 at 8:33:54:
It seems that as a result of the public outcry generated after the gruesome accident that occurred in Ojuelegba a few days ago during which a falling container fell off the bridge and smashed a family man and his friends in their jeep, the Lagos state government has announced that it's going to stop tolerating container truck delivers from plying on Lagos roads during the day. According to them, there was already an existing law that banned them from doing so and I wonder who should now be blamed for the negligence.Well, according to a report published on their official website on the 7th of September, "the Lagos State Government has restated its determination to ensure strict enforcement of the Road Traffic Law 2012, restricting trailers and long vehicles from plying the metropolis between the hours of 6am to 9pm". If there was a road traffic law banning containers in Lagos state from moving around during the day, one thing Lagosians would like to know is why the government allowed that container to be moving around on Ojuelegba road during the day and it ended up killing innocent Lagosians. In a way, I think the government may have been negligent in their duty which is to enforce that law and so the family of the victim may have a right to sue the government for negligence to the tune of whatever amount they want e.g. N1 Billion. Actually, no amount of money would suffice for the lives of the people that were lost.There are many questions Lagosians would like to get answered. What do we do when we see containers moving around during the day? Is there a special way good citizens can report to the Lagos state officials to inform them about such containers? Is there any compensation Lagosians who are affected negatively by such containers would receive from the government for not stopping the movement of such containers? Who is to be blamed for the non execution or enforcement of the Lagos state Traffic Law 2012?From my experience, when containers move during the day, it causes a lot of traffic and it's a good thing that the Lagos state made a law to prevent that but they should also be willing to enforce it else people may feel that the government has let them down by not protecting them enough as a result of their ineffective execution of the law.
It seems that as a result of the public outcry generated after the gruesome accident that occurred in Ojuelegba a few days ago during which a falling container fell off the bridge and smashed a family man and his friends in their jeep, the Lagos state government has announced that it's going to stop tolerating container truck delivers from plying on Lagos roads during the day. According to them, there was already an existing law that banned them from doing so and I wonder who should now be blamed for the negligence.Well, according to a report published on their official website on the 7th of September, "the Lagos State Government has restated its determination to ensure strict enforcement of the Road Traffic Law 2012, restricting trailers and long vehicles from plying the metropolis between the hours of 6am to 9pm". If there was a road traffic law banning containers in Lagos state from moving around during the day, one thing Lagosians would like to know is why the government allowed that container to be moving around on Ojuelegba road during the day and it ended up killing innocent Lagosians. In a way, I think the government may have been negligent in their duty which is to enforce that law and so the family of the victim may have a right to sue the government for negligence to the tune of whatever amount they want e.g. N1 Billion. Actually, no amount of money would suffice for the lives of the people that were lost.There are many questions Lagosians would like to get answered. What do we do when we see containers moving around during the day? Is there a special way good citizens can report to the Lagos state officials to inform them about such containers? Is there any compensation Lagosians who are affected negatively by such containers would receive from the government for not stopping the movement of such containers? Who is to be blamed for the non execution or enforcement of the Lagos state Traffic Law 2012?From my experience, when containers move during the day, it causes a lot of traffic and it's a good thing that the Lagos state made a law to prevent that but they should also be willing to enforce it else people may feel that the government has let them down by not protecting them enough as a result of their ineffective execution of the law.