The solution to traffic in
Lagos State is just one issue that has been eluding consecutive governments in
the state, but it looks like this might be coming to an end as Comedian Alibaba
has just come up with his own idea on how the traffic jinx can be broken.
After he reportedly spent 3
hour in traffic yesterday, Alibaba believes Lagos residents are the cause of
the problems and then proffers a solution.
Read below:
Spent 3 hours today… and
came to the conclusion again, that we are the cause of our problems. After the
#tdwcafrica2019 at Landmark, I was on the road linking Ligali, going back to my
office and noticed there was a gridlock.
My driver said it will soon
clear. When soon turned to 35 minutes, I came down and walked through the
vehicles to see the cause of the HOLD UP was.
4 lanes coming from Ligali
towards Landmark and 5 lanes filtering onto the end of Ligali. Plus traffic
from 3 streets pouring into the same road. The little spaces inbetween cars
were all taken over by okada riders. While the spaces wider than those okadas
could squeeze through had been pegged close by keke Napep.
Managed to merge 4 lanes to
2 and 3 lanes in the opposite direction, to form 1 lane, just to decongest the
gridlock. Worked. And after 2 hours, decorum had resumed.
Hmmm.
A thought hit me. If
@jidesanwoolu wants to make extra N200b to develop Lagos, he should just invest
in CCTVs at major and busy junctions. With STOP signs to boot. Borrow money fix
the roads and drainages. Then set up a system that will get drivers and vehicles
to be linked together. When you are caught on tape, beating the traffic lights
or breaking traffic laws, you will just get the alert that the payment has been
deducted from your account.
To make this work, each car
will have its registration number linked to the BVN of the owner. No need to
set up any other means of collecting the money. And if you sell the car, you
must go to the licensing office to change the BVN. Failure to do that means
whoever drives the car and commits an offence, will not be debited. The
original owner pays.
If it’s a military vehicle,
the debit comes from the military account. Same with corporate bodies.
Individuals too. You can imagine Oga is sitting at home, in Ikoyi, and he gets
a debit alert for traffic infractions in Lekki PHASE 1, N45,000. How? He will
call the driver or whoever is with the car. Kilode? “I beat red lights sir”.
Just sack yourself.
And it doesn’t matter
whether you have money in the account. The account will be on debit. Any day
money comes in it will be deducted with interest.
No traffic
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