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The Kwara State House of Assembly has moved to check the indiscriminate relocation of motor parks to roadsides in Ilorin, the state capital.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved on a motion on the need to checkmate the indiscriminate relocation of motor parks in Ilorin metropolis to roadsides, stating that riding vehicles only in designated motor parks across the metropolis for obvious safety reasons. He asked the public to patronize the .
The House also urged the State Government to direct the State Road Traffic Management Authority to monitor the activities of motor vehicle parking lots in Ilorin metropolis, where appropriate, to ensure that roadsides are not used as vehicle parking lots. requested.
The Legislature further calls on the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and other transport trade unions to enforce government policies on their members for the benefit of all. Ta.
The House further directed all local government councils to control all motor parks by ensuring that operators are confined to designated and duly allocated areas for the purpose.
Motion on the need to checkmate the indiscriminate relocation of motor parks to roadsides in the Ilorin metropolis, KWHAM 10, was filed by Mr. Yusuf Abdulwaheed Gbenga (Essa/Shawo/Igboidun), Rukayat Motunrayo・Mr. Shittu (Owode/Onire) became a supporter.
While leading the discussion, Mr. Gbenga said that Ilorin is rapidly growing into a cosmopolitan environment due to the influx of people from other parts of the country for various reasons, which has increased the population of Ilorin and thereby He pointed out that the infrastructure was overstretched.
This, he explained, has led to an ugly trend that characterizes road use due to unruly behavior by some commercial vehicle drivers.
He further added that most commercial drivers do not abide by the rules governing road use by parking indiscriminately, especially when picking up passengers, causing unnecessary congestion on major roads and junctions within metropolises. He claimed that
He also pointed to the need to control fraud to ensure the safety of lives and property, saying this is the government’s legal responsibility.
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