TANKER DRIVERS GET 48HOURS ULTIMATUM TO LEAVE LAGOS.

Apparently reacting to the traffic gridlock in Apapa and its environs that has made life difficult for motorists and paedestrains, the Lagos State government has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to tanker drivers whose tanks are parked within 300 meters of fuel depots in the state to “leave Lagos or face the wrath of the law”.
The state government took the decision yesterday after a meeting it had with the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), the Petroleum Tankers Drivers (PTD), National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and other unions in Ikeja.
The state’s commissioner for transportation, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, said a conclusion had been reached that 48 hours should be given to tanker drivers queuing between 200 and 300 meters to the fuel depots to leave Lagos, pending the availability of the commodity.
Opeifa explained that since there was no fuel in the depots to be lifted by the tankers queuing up for them, they would have to leave Lagos.
He further ordered that no tanker should be seen on the Eko Bridge, Liverpool area or before Coconut on Apapa Expressway, adding that before tomorrow, the tanker owners must make one lane available for motorists to ply.
Opeifa also warned that enforcement of the directive would be carried out by the various unions in the axis with the support of the state government, the men of the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps.