With the sudden takeover of Lagos roads by the SURE-P task force which has put Lagosians in a state of uncertainty, the State governor has charged Lagosians to resist the task force officials.
Fashola described the task force set up by the federal government few months to general elections as illegal.
He made this statement while speaking at the 5th anniversary of Uniformed Voluntary Clubs held at the Police College, Lagos,
He said: “The SURE-P task force has no right to manage traffic on Lagos roads. The only agency authorised to manage traffic in Lagos on the federal roads is Lagos State Traffic Management Authourity (LASTMA) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and citizens should just resist them and refuse to cooperate with them.”
Fashola said money recouped from the removal of subsidy and channeled into SURE-P ought to have been invested on dilapidated federal roads in Lagos, especially the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway.
The governor pointed out that investment in the taskforce was not in tandem with the President’s promise to use the monies realised from the subsidy to better the lives of Nigerians.
“So you see how it has been improving our lives. The money should have been spent on roads; Apapa Oshodi is one of them, that is where SURE-P money should have been invested not to dissipate it into political organisation in a very wanton desperation to win elections.
“This is the method that has been tried before, it was tried in 2006 and it did not produce any result, the result it produced was that they were roundly defeated. So, if you go into what does not work, we will not be provoked, we expect that in time, reasons will prevail.”
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