Ọmọ Eko Pataki, a socio-cultural Yoruba group, has informed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu that Lagos need modern rail routes system as alternative transportation not more vehicles.
Prince Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu, its Secretary-General, who said this in a statement, said the purchase of 500 vehicles by Sanwo-Olu is Greek gift to Lagosians
He said:”Lagos State doesn’t need more vehicles on our already cluttered roads. What Lagos needs as a widening megalopolis is well contemplated alternative routes of transportation that will combine modern railroad systems, the charted pathways of the Lagoon; short, interlocking bridges linking the new burgeoning towns and cities, the 4th mainland bridge which is now more of a mirage, and the long abandoned Atlantic Super highway that is supposed to traverse the gateway of the Lekki peninsula down to the reaches of Port Harcourt.”
According to the group Sanwo-Olu fancifully called the white and blue taxis Lagride which in his view will expand transportation access to Lagosians.
“We do not think so. It will never happen . It is a wasteful, ill- thought, hurriedly composed project that will not add any value to the transportation challenges of commuters. As a matter of fact, the so-called Lagride is a masked political gerrymandering, an half-witted partisan move shrouded in personal gains and selfish motivations,” the group said.
The group maintained that Sanwo-Olu ought to focus on a progressive, forward-looking administration and not a hurriedly constituted shambolic affair, an untidy Greek gift meant for a narrow, crude electioneering purpose.
