Fashola backs Sanwo-Olu on okada, Marwa ban

The Minister of Works and Housing and former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has advised Lagos residents to support the state government’s renewed enforcement of the restriction on motorcycles in some local government areas in the state.

He noted that while the discomfort created by the enforcement could not be dismissed, the security implication of not enforcing the law was a major threat to peace.

Fashola noted that motorcycles could not be the preferred choice of transportation in a centre of excellence like Lagos.

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He was the governor of the state when the Lagos Road Traffic Law came into effect in 2012.

Recall that the Lagos State Government, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had on February 1 commenced the enforcement of the restriction order.

Speaking as the guest speaker at the fourth annual public lecture/symposium organised by the United Action for Change in Lagos on Thursday, Fashola noted that motorcycles had been identified as the favourite means of escape by criminals.

He identified peaceful co-existence, intelligence gathering and curbing the menace of drug abuse as some of the solutions.

Meanwhile, speaking on the ban on okada in Lagos State, Fashola said there was need to restore order in public transportation.

The minister said, “So, for those concerned about insecurity in Lagos State, get behind your governor on the position that he has taken. I do not dismiss the concerns that have been raised on the other side, but a price must be paid. It’s a trade-off between our inconvenience and our existence.

“I know that work is going on with the trains, I know that ferries are being installed and they would take some time but in our now interest, we should bear with the government