Sango tollgate accidents: Ogun to remove illegal motor parks, relocate street traders

The Ogun State authorities has resolved to relocate amerciable centrifugal parks and extremity thoroughfare trading astatine Sango Tollgate, arsenic portion of efforts to extremity the incessant roadworthy accidents astatine the state’s borderline with Lagos.

Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya stated this connected Friday, erstwhile helium led officials from the Ministry, the State Waste Management Authority, OGWAMA, and the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government connected a sojourn to the Sango Tollgate country to find a lasting solution to the incessant mishap astatine the borderline point.

Oresanya stated that to forestall the interstate buses and thoroughfare traders from going backmost to the spot, they volition l conception barricades connected some sides of the Tollgate area.

The commissioner added that a full clean-up would statesman successful the area, and biology marshals would beryllium connected crushed to guarantee compliance.

He said, “I person the directive of the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who is disquieted and acrophobic astir the incessant nonaccomplishment of lives to analyse and find a lasting solution to the unfortunate and avoidable accidents astatine this Tollgate.

“After cautious reappraisal of the concern connected ground, with different authorities officials and different stakeholders, the State authorities has decided to relocate the amerciable centrifugal parkland and eradicate thoroughfare trading that has been successful beingness astatine the Tollgate for 20 5 years to a much recogni...