In furtherance of The traffic stands on ensuring a safer Ogun roads connections, The Ijako Unit Command of Ogun State Traffic
Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), on Tuesday, June 13, 2023,
embarked on public enlightenment/sensitization exercise at Ijako popular
market on Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government
Area of the state over illegal obstructions of roads with goods/wares
for the purpose of safer road for all.
Recall that the agency leadership was in constant directives to sanitise obstructions and abuses of the gateway road connections.
The exercise, was in line with
the directives of the TRACE Corps Commander/Chief Executive Officer,
Cdr Abdulfatai Olaseni Ogunyemi who mandated every Commands to ensure
free-flow of traffic within the state in ensuring stress-free of road
users and to stem the high level of road traffic crashes.
While addressing the traders
at the market, Cdr Temitope Victoria Oseni, who led some of the agency’s
operatives, discouraged the traders from obstructing the ever busy
expressway with their goods, saying the state government is against the
impunity because it endangering the lives of other road users.
She expressed concern over the
increasing number of casualties recorded from crashes that involved
roadside traders. She, therefore, cautioned traders against the
displaying of wares, especially pepper, tomatoes, yam tubbers,
vegetables and others, along the major streets and roads to prevent road
mishap.
“Many crashes could have been
avoided if traders thread on the path of caution. Trading along the road
is not permitted by law. We have talked to market union executives to
discourage their members from doing this. Those, who continue trading
along the road are creating serious security risk to themselves and to
other road users.
“If they must trade, they should stay off the road
behind the drainage system to create freeway and movement, and to
enhance their safety when a vehicle fails break. The whole essence of
trading is to earn a living but if in the process we put ourselves under
security risk, what then is the benefit? She asked.
Cdr Oseni, added that, henceforth, any trader caught violating this order shall made to face the music.
She also stressed the warning
to motorists, motorcyclists and tricyclists against obstructing roads in
the process of picking or dropping passengers. Nothing that this
unchallant attitude has always made the expressway to become narrow and
prone to dangers which at times led to accidents.
Cdr Oseni said her command in
line with the Corps Commander’s Directives had commenced advocacy visit
to all the parks, markets, schools, religious homes among others within
her jurisdiction to ensure everybody join hands with the state traffic
management to evict traders and remove abandoned vehicles from the road.
Cdr Oseni, not forgot to warn drivers, who drive on one
way to desist from such act, noting that any driver arrested for the
offence would be subjected to psychiatric test, may be prosecuted and
his/her vehicle forfeited if found quilty. “TRACE will continue to
ensure safer roads to all users,” She added.
Present at the advocacy
exercise were: Chairman, Hausa Community in Ijako Market, market leaders
and road transport unions. They all appreciate the agency for the
enlightenment as they promised to collaborate with TRACE in spreading
the information among the members.
Culled from informationcarrier
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