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.

Osi     Ganmo     Waheed Ibrahim     Mustapha Olanipekun     Ahmad Belgore     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Mohammed Danjuma     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Alfa Yahaya Road     Tafida Of Kaiama     Millennium Development Goals     Idris Garuba     Jumoke Gafar     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Yusuf Lawal     Salami Adekunle     CBT     Alaaya     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Gbugbu International Market     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Adesoye     Salake     Nnazua     MAI Akande     Farouk Salim     Samuel Adaramola     Sabo-Oke     Saliu Oluwole     Pakata Development Association     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Islamic Development Bank     Otoge     Hajj     Lukman Adeloyin     Yakubu Danladi     Doyin Awoyale     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Oluranti Idowu     Wahab Issa     Ahmed     Damilola Yusuf     Issa Oloruntogun     Solomon Edoja     IESA     Baba Issa     Ejidongari     Olugbense     Dasuki Belgore     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Old Oyo     Ayegbeni     Chief Of Staff     Allocation     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Owo Isowo     Kayode Issa     Kayode Laro     Bio Ibrahim     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Ajayi Okasanmi     Share     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Sunday Popo-Ola     Popo-Igbonna     Kale Bayero     Magaji Are     Eleja     Bureau Of Lands     Atiku     Quareeb     Temitope Ogunbanke     United Nigeria Congress Party     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Olupako     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Michael Ologundea    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Issa Manzuma     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Bank Of Industry     Oni Adebayo     Kawu Baraje     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Wahab Isa     Magaji Erubu     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Ilorin South Constituency     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Tunji Folami     Read With Me     Kwara Poly     COVID     Funmilayo Mohammed     Folorunsho Alao     Olohungbebe     Clara Nwachukwu     Omotosho     Sadiq Buhari     Dasuki Belgore     Shehu Salau     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Michael Ologundea     Alapado     Sabitiyu Grillo     Quranic Recitation Competition     Ojuekun Sarumi     Saheed Akinwumi     Islamic Development Bank     Eleja     Arandun     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Hassan Oyeleke     Ahmed     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Amuda Bembe     Sheikh Ariyibi     Abdulmumini Jawondo     SDP     James Kolo     Eghe Igbinehin     Monkey Pox     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Millennium Development Goals     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Niyi Osundare     Tunde Saad     Mumeen Lah     Abdulwahab Oba     Budo Egba     Baba Isale     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Adamu Atta     Hijaab     Shehu Jimoh     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Okin Biscuits     Metro Park     Adebara     Amasa     Bankole Omisore     SARS     Habeeb Saidu     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Awodun     Adekunle David Dunmade     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Dankaka     Halimah Perogi     George Innih     Aiyedun     Lanre Aremu     Radio SBS