Tracks Are For Trains : LASG Dislodges Traders Selling Wares On Rail Lines To Avert Accident

Tracks are for trains : Lagos State Government dislodges traders selling wares on rail lines to avert accident.

The move follows a trending video of a train driving very close to traders selling wares on the rail lines.

The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water through the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI) has commenced the immediate enforcement and clearing of the rail tracks to avert accident.

This was disclosed by the Commissioner for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

According to Wahab, the move is in response to the trending video of a fast-moving train driving very close to traders selling wares on the rail lines. He stressed that the enforcement efforts by the State Government would be consistent.

Wahab said :

“In response to the trending video of traders selling wares on rail lines, the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water, through the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI), began immediate and sustained enforcement and clearing of the rail tracks this morning.”

In a follow-up, Wahab announced the dislodgement of those selling at Pen Cinema, Agege rail line and demolishing their shanties as the government intensifies the war against traders on the rail line.

“Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps @LAGESCOfficial (KAI) today intensified the war against traders on the rail line with the dislodgement of those selling at Pen Cinema, Agege rail line and demolishing their shanties.”

Reacting to the viral video of traders selling wares on the rail tracks in Lagos, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said :

“You have no business on Rail track/lines, train always has the right-of-way on the track. Anybody on a rail track is considered a trespasser. Tracks are for trains? ?Be safety conscious.”

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