By Adedapo Adesanya
With President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Lagos in sight, the Lagos State Government has warned all truckers’ unions to remove their trucks and vehicles that are parked along the Blue Rail line corridor route.
The President is expected on a four-working day trip to commission some projects in the commercial city, including the Blue Rail Line and Lekki Deep Seaport.
In a statement by the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO), it warned its members to adhere to the directive of the government on the evacuation of trucks so as not to have them impounded.
The statement signed by AMATO’s National President, Mr Remi Ogungbemi, said that there was a need to do the needful so it would make it easy for the President to have smooth commissioning, hence the roads must be vacated for ease of vehicular movement within and around the state.
“The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Transportation hereby directs the removal of all trucks that are parked on Blue Rail Line Corridor from Iganmu down to Okokomaiko or have their trucks impounded by the State Government due to the planned Four (4) days working visit to Lagos State by President Muhammadu Buhari for smooth commissioning of the Lagos Blue Rail Line project.
“Blue Line Rail would be running on electric tracks with Electric Motor Vehicle (EMV); hence, human activities, including parking of trucks around the Blue Rail line corridor, is a threat to life and general safety. Hence, the need to keep off the Blue Rail Corridor.
“That parking of trucks along the Blue Rail Corridor is a threat to the security of the rail infrastructure.
“To this end, all truckers are hereby enjoined to remove their trucks from the Blue Rail Line Corridor from Iganmu to Okokomaiko to prevent their trucks from being towed, as to be forewarned is to be forearmed,” the statement read.
