By Edith Igbokwe
The Chairman of Araromi Community Development Association (CDA), Alhaji Olasunkanmi Ogunbakinde, has suggested that trucks carrying textile containers should park along Oshodi road to offload their goods and employ labourers to take them to warehouses in inner streets.
This, he said, will reduce obstructions to vehicular movement on the streets.
Ogunbakinde said the residents were not at peace with the container owners blocking vehicular movement while offloading their goods at Araromi, Oredeni and Ogunlana Streets in Oshodi.
He informed that the commuters always faced difficulties moving through the streets whenever the containers were being offloaded.
The CDA chairman noted although the affected streets are too narrow to take two vehicles at a time, no less than five to seven containers filled with textile (Ankara) fabrics are always parked on the streets to be offloaded.
He said the association has reported the road obstruction to the police at Akinpelu Police Division but yet to receive their reply.
He said: “We are not happy about the disturbance in our community even, the waste management vehicle find it difficult to gain access into the streets to do their routine refuse collection job. We have suggested that the containers should be parked along Oshodi road which is wider and allow the Mallams carry the goods into the warehouses on the street.”
Ogunbakinde urged the government to intervene, noting that in case of emergency, the containers may delay the hope of victims for medical assistance.
