Lawmaker decries non-enforcement of resolution on containers.
A Lagos State lawmaker, Ipoola Omisore on Monday decried the lack of enforcement of a resolution of the Lagos State House of Assembly on unlatched containers along the highways in the state.
Omisore said in Lagos that the State Assembly had passed two resolutions to regulate the activities of drivers of articulated vehicle carrying containers not properly latched.
He, however, lamented that the resolutions were not being enforced by members of the Nigeria Police Force.
The chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy said he moved the motion twice in 2010 and had expected the police or the Federal Road Safety Corps to enforce the resolutions
Omisore lamented that some articulated vehicles latch their containers but exceed the haulage capacity and often risk falling on other road users when negotiating bends or when plying bad portions of the roads.
He explained that the Assembly was going to take more proactive measures by seeking the support of the Inspector General of police, other traffic agencies and stakeholders, to reduce accidents.
He said the assembly would also lobby federal lawmakers to raise the issue on a national level to ensure the police began enforcement of other traffic laws and resolutions nationwide.
Omisore added that the Assembly was planning to do an impact assessment of all the previous laws it had passed to upgrade the ones that were obsolete.
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