Apapa traffic: Need for stakeholders' commitment

• Published date: 07 August 2009
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Can Apapa and its two arterial roads be rid of traffic congestion? Experts say while clearing Apapa, Lagos of traffic is near impossible, managing it is a possibility only if stakeholders want it stamped out, writes ADEYINKA ADERIBIGBE

FOR many Nigerians, Apapa, Lagos has continued to be an embarrassment in terms of its dilapidated infrastructure and traffic nightmares which, they argued, have defied logic.

But stakeholders of that axis are quick to say that Apapa is becoming saner, and things could really get better, if they are prepared to sustain the gains of the past 16 months.

One of those who believed that a silent revolution had swept through Apapa in the past year is Brig.-Gen. Ayo Vaughan (rtd), chairman of the Apapa GRA Residents Association, who has watched the scenic beauty of Apapa distorted as the port city quaked under the yoke of international commerce.

Brig.-Gen. Vaughan said the Presidential Task Team (PTT), led by Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo, assisted by the Executive Vice Chairman, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, had cleared the traffic and restored order despite...