Due to constant road accidents involving public office holders, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday pleaded with other governors to get rid of sirens in their convoys.
Fashola made the plea at the ongoing 13th National Council on Transport in Lagos. He said such practice amounts to oppressing members of the public who elected them into office, noting that this is the reason why he barred all his commissioners from using siren. The governor condemned the use of sirens by the political office holders and reckless driving by government convoy drivers.
He said: “From the day that I became governor and until this moment, I haven’t had course to use siren and I don’t intend to use it”.
Minister of Transport Umar Idris said the nation’s transportation system would soon become one of the best in sub- Saharan Africa. He said the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Nigeria Institute of Transportation Technology, Zaria and the Maritime Operators of Nigeria, Oron had been empowered to provide required services in maritime policy formulation and administration.
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