Lagos State Government has launched a crackdown on commercial drivers drinking alcohol at parks and garages.
This aims to reduce motor accidents caused by alcohol consumption of drivers in lagos.
This was disclosed in a post by the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab on Tuesday,August 13.
The post reads:”As part of concerted efforts undertaken by the State Government to mitigate the trend of alcohol consumption by commercial drivers across different parks and garages in the State as discovered to be a primary trigger for motor accidents, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (#LAGESCOfficial ) popularly known as KAI impounded alcoholic drinks during a raid on Olupese Terminal Park and Oshodi-Bolade Garages on Tuesday.
“The Corps Marshal of the Agency, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd) equally read the riot act to street traders and hawkers to desist from their banned activities as enshrined in the Environmental Laws of the State just as he maintained that the resolve of the Agency in the war against street trading, displaying wares for sale in traffic, on walkways, setbacks, lay-bys, gutter slabs, road verges, medians and kerbs will be sustained and defaulters will be met with stiff opposition.”
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