Residents decry influx of trailers in Ilorin metropolis

Date: 2021-09-24

Residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have expressed concern over the influx of commercial trailers along Oko-Olowo and Oloje axis of the metropolis.

The residents, who spoke on Wednesday, said the action endangers the lives of motorists and other road users.

They spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on in Ilorin. A commercial tricyclist, Yusuf Adisa, said more drivers of the articulated vehicles conveying petroleum and other goods are now plying some major streets in llorin through Oko-Olowo.

Adisa noted that the truck drivers had been plying the roads for a long time, occasionally and mostly in the evenings and nights, but recently they now ply the roads unchecked during day time.

He said their movement was causing lots of havoc on the roads as there were more potholes and traffic congestion from Oko-Olowo to Oloje, down to Adeta Roundabout.

Idris Abdullah, a commercial motorcyclist, said the increase in the number of trailers along Ogidi-Oloje axis had caused lots of accidents for motorcyclists. Abdullah said trailers are always on the road at great discomfort and obstruction to other road users, while some motorcyclists manoeuvre through the road shoulders with some of them normally falling down with their passengers.

He said most of the time, some motorcyclists had to leave the tarred road and pass beside the road to enable them reach their passengers' destination in good time.

Abeni Afenibaro, a resident of Oloje area, said the increase in the number of trailers on the streets was scary and alarming. Afenibaro said many children passing by the roadside are prone to danger. She said with schools resumption, many pupils find it difficult to cross the road.

Afenibaro said several government workers and students get stuck on the road due to traffic congestion caused by the trailers and eventually getting to their destination late.

The residents therefore pleaded with the state government to find lasting solution to the issue and make residential areas have easy and free movements with minimal stress.

Reacting to the development, the Federal Controller of Works in Kwara State, Alhaji Wasiu Atitebi, said the Federal Ministry of Works was aware of the situation caused by some bad portions of the roads formerly plied by the trailers.

Atitebi however appealed to residents of the affected areas to exercise patience as the ministry was making effort to repair the bad portions of the roads. NAN.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sabi     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Olofa Of Offa     Ahmed Alhasssan     Ballah     Kaosarah Adeyi     Babata     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Sai Kayi     Roheemat Hammed     Medview Airlines     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     The Herald     Bello Abubakar     Mohammed Abdulahi     Aisha Ahman Pategi     REO CAKES     Abiodun Oyedepo     Yashikira     Tunji Ajanaku     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Sa\'adu Salahu     Kisra     Oyawoye     Isiaq Khadeejah     Simeon Sayomi     Damilola Yusuf     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Village Alive Development Association     Gbajabiamila     Kunle Okeowo     Mohammed Lawal     Col. Adedipe     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     National Association Of Nigerian Students     IQRA College     Aliyu Muyideen     Read With Me     Offa Grammer School     Kisira     Osi     Offa     Gobir Organization Foundation     Ajibike Katibi     Owo Arugbo     Kolawole Bashirat     Vasolar Consortium     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Garba Idris Ajia     Oko Erin     John Kehinde Salako     Plat Technologies Limited     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Erubu Oba Zubair     Ogbondoroko     Lithium Deposit     Baba Idris     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Azeez Salawu     Aremu Odolaye     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Amos Bajeh     Sa\'adu Salau     Bisi Kristien     Oyedepo     Abikan     Kale Ayo     Amos Justus Sayo     AIT Ilorin     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     V.O. Abioye     Bursary     NaAllah     Pategi     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Simon Sayomi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulraheem Yusuf     Jimba Babatunde     Isapa     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Facemasks     Olatinwo     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Government House     Bashirat Bola Bello     Tuesday Assayomo     Odolaye Aremu     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Abdulazeez Arowona     Zara Umar     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Dasuki Belgore     Edu     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Manzuma     Ubandawaki     Omotoso     Col. Adedipe     Adesoye College     Isiaq Khadeejah     Amosa     Ola Falade     Charles Ibitoye     Sabitiyu Grillo     CT Ayeni     Erin-ile     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Iyabo Adewuyi     Kunle Okeowo     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Isiaka Gold     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Asa LGEA School     Rex Olawoye     Samuel Adaramola     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Adamu Attah     IDPU     Madawaki Of Ilorin     CCEPE     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Pakata Patriots     Baba Issa     Sanusi Abubakar     Ganmo     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Bankole Omishore     ER-KANG Mining     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Afolayan     Isau     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Hamidu Olowo     Gbenga Awoyale     Olaiya Lawal     Suleiman Abubakar     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Tunde Saad     Kale Ayo     Coronavirus     Abegunde Goke     Age AbdulKareem     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Charcoal     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation