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.

Pilgrims Board     Kunle Suleiman     Tuesday Assayomo     Eruku     Okin Malt     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Alabe     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Ahman Pategi     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     College Of Health     Abatemi-Usman     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Seed Technologies     Bola Shagaya     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Kunle Akogun     GRA     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     ARMTI     Adanla-Irese     Maryam Ado Bayero     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Mary Arinde     Tosho Yaqub     Forgo Battery     Lanre Issa Onilu     Ahman Pategi University     Samuel Adedoyin     Kwara Pdp     CACOVID     Kwara Metro Park     Fatai Olodo     Moshood Mustapha     Okeose Christian Cementary     Ogbondoroko     KWASEIC     Yusuf Aiyedun     Saidu Isa     Ijagbo     Sidikat Akaje     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Garba Dogo     Tunde Oyawoye     Idris Garba     George Funsho Adebayo     HICA     Shero     Ndakene     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Seni Saraki     Aliyu Adebayo     Bisi Kristien     Sidikat Alaya     Yunus Oniboki     3MTT     Omupo     IYA ALFA NLA     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Oloje     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Agbarere     CCB     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Temitope Ogunbanke     Sun Qing Rong     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     KWASIEC     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Mumini Ishola Hanafi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Olaosebikan     Igbomina     ENetSuD     Samari     Idris Garba     Elekoyangan     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Danhawa     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Congress For National Consensus     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Vasolar Consortium     KWSUED     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     GGDSS Pakata     Women Radio     V.O. Abioye     Khairat Gwadabe     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Convocation Ceremonies     Crystal Corner Shops     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Innocent Okoye     Toyin Falola     International Aviation College     Harafat E. Mukadam     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Nigeria Customs Service     Dumagi     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Igbaja     Gabriel Fashanu     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Babaita     Yinka Aluko     Oke-Ogun     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Abdulwahab Ololele     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Durbar     SSUCOEN     Abubakar Atiku     Tafida Of Ilorin     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     ASUU     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Isapa     Jaigbade Alao     Budo-Egba     Oko Erin     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Bola Tinubu     Oluronke Adeyemi     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Mashood Dauda     Yusuf Lawal     Abatemi Usman     Sun Qing Rong     Amasa     Bolakale Kawu     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Kwara Polytechnic     JMK Construction Company Limited     Ahman Patigi     Saheed Alakoso     Olohungbebe     Ojuekun Sarumi     Kwara Apc     Wasiu Onidugbe     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Omu-aran     Bamidele Adegoke     Kayode Ogunlowo