The governorship candidate
has once again called for the eradication of the toll fee regime in Lagos.
The Lagos State
governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje, has
vowed to remove the Lekki toll gates if he wins the 2019 governorship election
in the state.
In a statement released on
Sunday, December 23, 2018, the candidate said it's illegal that residents of
the state still have to pay tolls to access the Lekki-Epe Expressway and the
Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge toll plazas.
He said, "Good road is
a fundamental right of citizens and we promise to deliver on this and many
other things.
"At the moment, most
Lagos roads are impassable because of their poor condition. Now, motorists are
compelled to pay heavily for passage.
"How about the
so-called alternative routes? Ideally, government should have provided
alternative routes to the Lekki Toll Gate, but the available alternate route is
in a terrible shape, so everybody is forced to use the toll gate and pay."
The candidate's latest
attack on the toll gates is in reaction to a toll-free passage recently paid
for by his opponent in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Agbaje described the
campaign event as "absurd and regrettable" and labelled it a
"farce".
"Nobody was deceived
by the party's action which also smacks of disrespect and bondage," he
said.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu is
Agbaje's biggest opponent in the race to become the next Lagos State governor
The Lekki toll gates have
been magnets for controversy in recent years as Lagosians have demanded that
the toll fees should be abolished. Some Nigerians protested against the toll
gates earlier this year after the fees were increased by management firm, Lekki
Concession Company (LCC).
The battle to become the
next Lagos governor in 2019 is primed to be a showdown between Sanwo-Olu and
Agbaje. Agbaje lost the 2015 contest to current governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, who
lost his second term bid to Sanwo-Olu two months ago.
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