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| Cart-pusher in Lagos credits blog.tariere.com |
Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested 10 yam sellers for breaching the state traffic law.
The sellers were accused of conveying their products on carts along major roads, which Taskforce Chairman, Superintendent Bayo Sulaiman, said was an “eyesore and against the provisions of the state traffic law”.
According to Sulaiman, the yam sellers were arrested hawking yams in their carts on Ikorodu Road and Motorway end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway between Wednesday and Thursday.
The Taskforce boss said, “The ones arrested at Motorway were even pushing their carts against the traffic. They almost caused accidents.”
He said the enforcement of the law against using carts to convey goods and wastes had started, adding that the government would not listen to any sentiment in doing its job.
Sulaiman said, “Before now, government met the leaders of yam sellers in the state and warned that no one should sell yam using cart on roads in the state. They agreed to comply, but few days after, they went back to doing the same thing we warned them against.
“We called them two days ago (Tuesday) for another meeting. We told the leaders that we had started enforcement against cart pushing in the state. These yam sellers cause accidents on roads and obstruct traffic as they usually push their carts against the flow of traffic.
“Some of them would convey their yam to Ikorodu and Agege from Mile 12 on carts. This is not acceptable to government.
“The law of the state wants them to stop moving on the highway with their carts. Any time we see cart
pushers selling yams and other products, we are going to arrest them.”
He added that the Taskforce would continue to go round the state to make sure that cart pushing for whatever purpose was a thing of the past.
He urged other cart pushers to obey the traffic law by going off the expressway while using their carts for hawking and other purpose.
When our correspondent went to the state special court where the yam sellers were moved to, an official who pleaded anonymity said three of them had been sentenced to 24-hour community service, while their yams had been confiscated
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