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Gridlock: You have 48hrs to relocate, or else…, Lagos tells tanker drivers
The Lagos State government has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to tanker drivers parked within 300 meters of fuel depots in the state to relocate to safe parking lots pending the availability of petroleum products.
Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa gave the ultimatum while reading the communiqué arrived at after a meeting between the state government, National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Petroleum Tankers Drivers (PTD) National Association of Road Transport owners (NARTO) and other stakeholders.
Hundreds of tankers had lined roads leading to Apapa including the Eko Bridge towards Funsho Williams Way, as well as Mile 2 Expressway, queuing to load fuel, and creating serious traffic gridlock in the area which has spilled over to some other parts of the state.
The stakeholders’ meeting agreed to use persuasive enforcement to free roads and bridges currently occupied by petrol tankers and other trucks to relief to the people.
Opeifa said the meeting had agreed that 48 hours should be given to tanker drivers queuing between 200 and 300 meters to the fuel depots to vacate, pending availability of the commodity.
He said information available from the marketers revealed that there was no fuel in the depots to be lifted, and that the situation had been further compounded as more tankers from all over the states converge on the areas to lift fuel.
‘’Any tanker that did not comply will be impounded, fined and would not be released until such fines had been paid,” he said
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Ifenkili
May 14, 2015 at 7:11 am
This suffering breaks my heart. There is no fuel in Apapa, yet tankers are trooping in. is it water that they want to go and scoop? People can’t go to work, they can’t go home. Marketers holding a nation of 170million people at ransom. Can the government do something?
Can they tell us if the subsidy is gone or not rather than keep mum on this issue. Possibly GEJ has relocated to otueke.
Jedimaster
May 14, 2015 at 7:23 am
The decision makers squabble while the masses suffer from the fall out. It seems as if the concern for money trumps all other considerations. In a civilzed society, these matters would be settled amicably. In a civilized society.
Don Lucassi
May 14, 2015 at 8:13 am
I blame the federal government for what I will term as “short termism”, to have the whole country lift fuel from only place (tiny Apapa) is ridiculous. The traffic in Lagos has far become a disaster and must END immediately. I would ask Opeifa to be more diplomatic about it though and have further discussions with the Federal government as this could also spin the wrong way.
Apachee zooma
May 14, 2015 at 4:24 pm
I dey laugh. Call me stupid, if you like. Truth is, outside Lagos and Abuja, most cities scarcely witness fuel shortages as currently being experienced. Reason? The product is dispensed at commercial rates. So, what’s this shit about fuel subsidy? Fraud everywhere! I still dey laugh o.
billion$
May 15, 2015 at 11:13 am
hahahaha,…please send them away,lets have breathing space… i love lagos state… eko o ni baje o…..