The state government has directed the Ministry of Transportation and Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) to urgently find a lasting solution...
has named some of the victims involved in the Ojuelegba fatal crash while issuing some directives to forestall a recurrence.
“The Lagos State Government commiserates with the families who lost their loved ones in the Ojuelegba truck accident on Sunday, January 29, 2023,” the statement reads. According to the statement, the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on received an interim report of the incident directed the police to speed up their investigation of the matter.
“All the laws governing the operations of trucks and related vehicles must be enforced with more vigour and diligence.”
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