The government of Lagos has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to truck owners, whose vehicles are causing gridlock in the state, to move them or be prosecuted.
The government issued the ultimatum after having a meeting with stakeholders, especially truck owners, tank farm owners and members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).
Areas such as Apapa, Mile 2, Ijora and Kirikiri are badly affected. the representative of the Lagos State government and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Taiwo Olufemi, lamented the parking of heavy duty trucks on bridges.
He said there was need to clean up Apapa no matter whose ox is gored.
Earlier, the Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Slyvanus Abbah, who was chairman of the meeting, also lamented the influx of tankers and trailers.
