Gridlock grounds activities in Lagos
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i dont like driving against traffic because sometimes it can be fatal but with no other road to my destination lm forced to do one-way ajayi said1 commercial activities were grounded in some parts of lagos metropolis on monday as trucks blocked highways1 the situation forced commercial vehicle operators to increase fares by a record hundred per cent1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that it was bedlam especially at iganmu on monday as articulated vehicles and other motorists drove against traffic causing logjam on various roads1 lagos nigerias economic hub has been in traffic chaos in recent years caused by lawlessness on highways and an apparent inability of traffic managers to enforce rules to check lawlessness1 analysts have blamed the situation on what they describe as poor governance in a mega city dotted by poor roads and bubbling with human activities1 speaking to nan on the gridlock some commuters lamented the inability of the lagos state government to find a lasting solution to the problem1 commercial motorist olakunle ajayi described his driving from costain to orile as a nightmare because of motorists driving against traffic1 im sick and tired of lagos. do we still have government in this state he asked as hoodlums known popularly as area boys extorted money from to allow him passage1 the areas affected are iganmu costain roundabout ijora funsho williams avenue and other areas on the lagos mainland1 another motorist lsmaila ahmadu who plies the ojuelegba to ljora highway said that the gridlock had ruined the business of many commercial motorists because their daily trips had been reduced1 my tricycle is on hire purchase. i have to pay off to own it but with this gridlock l dont know what to do1 i am tired of this hardship1 a trader mrs angela abumeri said that she endured a long wait at fadeyi bus stop in her bid to get a bus going to orile1 i woke up around 4 a.m. to buy fruits from ketu. going home is now difficult because transporters are breaking the journey to collect double fare abumeri said1 a truck driver who simply gave his name as danjuma told nan that truck drivers resorted to blocking the roads because traffic managers were forcing them out of lagos bridges1 traffic managers have gone tough on us. they chased us from parking on the bridges and since we have no alternative we have to park on the middle of the roads1 reacting to the development the chief executive officer of the lagos state traffic management authority lastma mr chris olakpe restated that lastma was on top of the situation1 he said that the agency had been working hard to tackle the gridlock. nan1