Following the inferno of Eko / Apogbon under the bridge, seven (7) days have been given to all illegal occupants of all Lagos State under the bridges to evacuate or forceful action will be taken on them.
By 30th of March, 2022, Taskforce will swing into action and all illegal occupants will be impounded and made to pay for any item that will be use for their remover.
He complained that if the illegal occupants weren’t there, the inferno would have not happened and if at all it happens, it will not be this serious and it will be controlled.
Government can not be committing huge resources into maintenance of bridges and some unscrupulous elements will continue to draw government back by damaging the infrastructures.
Furthermore, he promised to mandate all controller in all other states to form same Taskforce and exercise the same protocol nation wide because these should not be restricted to Lagos only, the enforcement most be carried out nation wide.
This same fire incident happened in Ajaokuta, it also happened in Kano.
This same fire incident can’t continue to be condone.
He said the bridge (Eko/Apogbon) contract was just being awarded for comprehensive maintenance and the contractor have just started.
