Molue exit.

Molue Molue Banned From Lagos Island
The Lagos State Government has banned
commuter buses, popularly known as Molue,
from plying routes on Lagos Island, Lagos,
southwest Nigeria.
The government says no Molue bus should
cross any bridge linking the mainland with the
Island, such as Third Mainland, Eko and Carter
bridges, as they could no longer operate in
the Central Business District, CBD.
The state government said the decision was
taken in its determination to ensure adequate
monitoring of commuter bus operators as
reagrds compliance with traffic rules and
regulations.
The General Manager, Lagos State Traffic
Management Authority, LASTMA, Engr.
Babatunde Edu, at a stakeholder’s meeting
with the Branch Chairmen of the Lagos Urban
Bus Owners Association of Nigeria, LUBON,
the operators of Molue buses in the state on
Wednesday in Oshodi, said the new directive
came into effect since 19 August, 2013.
“Though the Lagos State Government was
supposed to have commenced enforcement
last month, being a responsive and
responsible government which believes in
enlightenment before enforcement, we
therefore decided to shift the enforcement to
4th of this month,” he said.
Edu stated that LASTMA has been mandated to
ensure strict compliance with the ban and
impound any bus that flouts the ban after 4
September.
The General Manager further said that Molue
buses could ply roads in any other part of the
state aside the restricted areas, reiterating that
government has not banned the buses
outright.
He said the buses are restricted to areas like
Orile, Iyana Ipaja, Mile 2, Mile 12 among others
and urged operators to voluntarily comply with
the new directive.
While taking the operators through the
prohibited routes, which include Iddo, Ebute
Ero, Apongbon, Obalende, Idumota, CMS,
among others, Edu appealed for cooperation
and support of all the stakeholders.
Responding, the leader of the team, Engr.
Taofeek Adesina commended the government
for its effort to restore sanity and order in the
state and therefore pledged the readiness of
his union to lend its support.
—Kazeem Ugbodaga
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