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Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force Impounds Vehicles

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Oyo State COVID-19 Security and Enforcement Sub-Committee has impounded a total of twenty-two illegally parked vehicles during its special night operations to enforce compliance at clubhouses and public places in Ibadan.

Addressing the team of officers before the operation, the Executive Chairman, OYRTMA,Dr. Akin Fagbemi, who distributed protective tools to the officers such as hand gloves, portable sanitizers, nose masks and thermometers urged them to be professional in the exercise and respect fundamental human rights in the course of the operation.

Dispersing cluster of persons that formed a crowd of more than 10 at clubhouses, the Special anti-COVID-19 squad gave sufficient information on the need for residents to comply with the State Government’s directives on social distancing, regular washing of hands and other guidelines.

Clubhouses the enforcement team visited included Platinum, Awolowo Road; Hexagon, Samonda; Pleasure Summit, GRA; Cimola Hotel, Mokola; Latitude, Samonda; Mauve 21, Ring Road; Ventura, Sango and Shanty’s club among others across the State.

The Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) has also deployed over 200 men and officers to join the COVID-19 Taskforce Health Advisory Sub-committee to embark on public enlightenment at markets and public places within Ibadan for a campaign tagged: ‘Break in the Chain of Transmission Campaign on COVID-19’.

Iyabo Adebisi

Transportation

Traffic Jam: OYRTMA Impounds 50 Obstructing Vehicles

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In a move to sanitise Oyo state highways and ensure free flow of traffic, the Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency (OYRTMA) has impounded fifty vehicles at the popular Iwo-Road, along Lagos-Ibadan Highway in Ibadan North Local Government in Ibadan.

Several heavy-duty vehicles were indiscriminately parked along the road, causing huge obstruction to free vehicular movement along the corridor and paralyzing economic activities around the area.

The trailers were taken to the agency’s headquarters in the State secretariat at Agodi to allow free flow of traffic.

Dr. Akin Fagbemi and men of Oyo State Road Transport Maintenance
 Agency, OYRTMA, while impounding the trailers at Ibadan

Addressing the drivers of the impounded vehicles, the Chairman of OYRTMA, Dr. Akin Fagbemi, who led the team said the present administration in the state was not out to make life unbearable for the people but to do all within the ambit of the law to woo foreign direct investors through creation of enabling environment devoid of avoidable and perpetual traffic jams.

“You may recall that we recently announced the approval by the governor for immediate use of a 250-trucks capacity parking space at our Sanyo operational center. While frantic efforts are on to secure other parking spaces across the State, we implore all heavy duty vehicle operators to utilize the available park and desist from indiscriminate parking on the highways as this is highly inimical to other road users as well as the fact that it cripples economic activities within the State.

“This operation is not to witch-hunt anybody. We are aware of the technical implications of the continuous parking of this heavy-duty vehicles whose imposing weights far supersedes that of the designed load-carrying capacity of the highways thus destroying the roads by creating portholes at different sections of the highways. 

“We therefore enjoin all trailer operators within the State to cooperate with the State Government to achieve free flow of traffic across the 33 local government areas of the State.” Dr. Fagbemi explained.

The state government had about a week ago announced the approval of 250 trucks capacity parking space to de-congest highways within the Ibadan metropolis as a response to prayers from business concerns in the city for government to find a lasting solution to the traffic menace. 

Iyabo Adebisi