LASG insists on banning danfo, korope along Lekki-Epe expressway

By Adeola Ogunrinde

The Lagos State Government has said it would ban the operations of unregulated commercial buses along the Lekkki-Epe corridor.

Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on transportation, Sola Giwa, made this known on Sunday.

He said the reminder was to dismiss rumours that the move had been suspended.

Giwa stated that there was a stakeholders’ meeting with bus operators and union leaders on the need to comply before October 1.

Expressing his dissatisfaction with the current state of bus operations on the corridor, Giwa explained that the Ministry of Transportation and Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA) had already identify limitations of seamless traffic flow along the expressway and adjourning roads.

He disclosed that the State Government had mapped out a systematic framework to address possible challenges.

Giwa added that the registered operators would be allotted routes to ensure strict compliance with the strategy.

He, however, warned that defaulters would be fined and made to forfeit their vehicles, adding that the state government would not tolerate disregard of its existing Transport Sector Reform Law.