FAAN’s ₦12b Firefighting Trucks, No Broken Down Blue Line Train, LASG Rewards Cleanest LGs With Nissan Frontiers, News In The Past Week

FAAN gets 10 firefighting trucks worth ₦12 Billion, no broken down Blue Line train, LASG rewards cleanest LG with Nissan Frontier, news in the past week.

LAMATA Debunks viral video Showing Broken Down Blue Line Train

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) earlier this week debunked viral video showing four people purportedly pushing one of the train sets to be deployed for passenger operations for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line.

In a statement, LAMATA said that the doctored video clip is an old video clip showing the contractor’s staff horsing around the train when it first came. LAMATA noted that since the commissioning of the first phase of the project by President Muhammadu Buhari, the area now has flags all around it as well as steel protective guard.

“Posting this video at this time is obviously the work of mischief makers.

“The average length of the train is 84m. This, definitely, cannot be pushed by four people as shown in the video clip.

“We appeal to our online community to be wary of those who are bent on doing everything to discredit this rail project.

“We have successfully, without incident, carried over 15,000 people on test rides over the past six weeks.

Minister Of Aviation Commission 10 Firefighting Trucks Worth Over ₦12 Billion

Minister for Aviation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Hadi Sirika has commissioned ten (10) Rosenbauer Panther modern firefighting vehicles for the Federal Airports Authority (FAAN).

In a post shared on his Twitter handle, Sirika revealed that the 10 Rosenbauer Panther firefighting trucks for Nigerian Airports cost over ₦12 billion to acquire.

The Minister of Aviation justified the expensive purchase, explaining that the Federal Airports Authority (FAAN) hasn’t purchased any firefighting trucks in eight (8) years.

LASG Rewards Cleanest Local Governments With Nissan Frontier Pickup Trucks

The Lagos State Government on Thursday rewarded the cleanest Local Government areas in the metropolis last year with plaques and three (3) Nissan Frontier pickup trucks.

Speaking at the awards presentation ceremony held at Alausa, the First Lady, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu urged all residents to join the quest to address the problem of poor waste handling, open defecation and indiscriminate waste dumping.

The high point of the event was the presentation of plaques and Nissan Frontier trucks to each of the three cleanest Local Governments in the Metropolitan – Yaba LCDA, Urban-Epe LG and Sub-Urban- Eredo.

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