A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Bisi Yusuf, on Friday urged residents, particularly his constituents, to comply with all traffic and environmental laws of the state.
Yusuf, representing Alimosho 1 constituency in the State House of Assembly, gave the advice during “an Awareness Walk on Traffic and Environmental Laws’’ in Ipaja area of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the walk, which took volunteers round areas like Gate, Fatolu, Megida, Amule and Oluwaga, was organised by Ayobo/Ipaja Local Council Development Area in conjunction with Yusuf`s constituency office.
The lawmaker, while leading the walk with the council Chairman, Mr Shakiru Yusuf, told residents that obeying traffic and environmental laws was in their interest and that of the government.
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He said obeying traffic laws would ensure that the roads were free of gridlock and stress for road users.
“Our people should obey traffic and environmental laws; it is in the interest of everybody, both residents of the state and the government.
“Obeying these laws will mean we have less gridlock on the road, less stress and accidents and our environments are clean at all times.
“A clean environment also means low risk of diseases and that government will spend money that could have been spent evacuating wastes on security, housing and others,” he said.
Yusuf said that “one way driving’”, and driving on walkways were major traffic infractions with negative consequences, urging residents to refrain from such.
He also said that indiscriminate disposal of refuse, street trading and others were fraught with danger, and warned residents against the acts.
The lawmaker pointed out that the State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu, had recently issued an Executive Order on traffic and environmental management.
He urged his constituents to do the right things to avoid sanctions.
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Yusuf said his office partnered with the council to create awareness on the need to obey traffic and environmental laws with the walk to build the right attitudes and help residents stay on the right side of the law.
While expressing satisfaction on the cooperation recieved from constituents during the walk, he promised to work with the council to make the exercise a continuous one, to sustain its gains.
Also speaking, the council chairman said the walk was organised because the council believed advocacy works better than enforcement.
Yusuf also urged residents of Ayobo/Ipaja to always obey traffic laws and maintain a clean environment in the interest of everyone.
“What we are doing today is to sensitise our people on the need to obey traffic laws and environmental laws.
”For example, in the area of the environment, we are telling them not to dump refuse in the drains, walkways or road medians for the sake of their health and that of others.
”Also in the area of traffic, we want our people to obey traffic rules and traffic officers so that we can be free from stress related to gridlock.
“We are telling our people to obey all these laws so that they can build the right attitudes and that none will be scapegoats of the law,” he said.
He commended Sanwo-Olu on the executive order on traffic and the environment and urged all stakeholders particularly security agencies, to support the government on implementation.
Yusuf said that the council was taking the two issues seriously and would soon set up a task force to ensure compliance in the area.
The council chairman commended the lawmaker for keying into the awareness walk, saying his involvement had significantly helped to enlist the support of residents on the two issues. (NAN)