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15 Months After, LASG Reopens Eko Bridge As Sanwo-Olu Reads Riot Act To Squatters
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared zero tolerance for trading, squatting and illegal activities under bridges in Lagos State.
The governor disclosed this during the reopening of the repaired Apongbon part of the Eko Bridge to motorists and commuters in Lagos Island on Saturday.
Decrying the destruction done to the bridge due to the fire outbreak, the governor said the government can no longer fold its arms and let a few people destroy the infrastructure.
He said: “We are using this medium to warn again that there can never be any kind of trading, activities under this bridge or under any other bridges for that matter.
“These are important infrastructures or assets that we cannot fold our arms and let a few people destroy them.
“We have seen the effect of this destruction, it caused the entire city almost a couple of months.”
“So everybody in Ijora Olapan Bridge, Contain Bridge, we are coming and as we have come here, we are going to ensure that it’s zero tolerance. We cannot put markets or any forms of trade under bridges.
“We have seen the effects of what happened when we leave it and fold our arms. We can no longer fold our arms and see few people destroying our national assets,” the governor said.
He said it becomes a formal warning to the citizens especially users of Apogbon end of Eko Bridge that after extensive repair work the Federal Ministry of Work has embarked upon in collaboration/support from the Lagos State Government to open the bridge to motorists.
He pointed out that many people would have wanted it earlier than now, but because of the extent of work that has to be done on the bridge due to large destruction on it, the government could not take the risk to have opened the bridge before now.
“It is with great delight that we have done a comprehensive test from the contractor from the federal ministry of work and we believe that this portion of Apongbon bridge will now be free for motorists,” Sanwo-Olu said.
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