Third Mainland bridge: Lagos govt, FRSC on collision course 'Over traffic control

THE Lagos State government and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) are currently embroiled in a battle over who controls traffic when the Third Mainland bridge is shut for repairs.The FRSC had earlier announced that it had jurisdiction to control traffic on the bridge when the repair works commence on July 1, but this has angered the Lagos State government, which sees it as encroachment of its territories and authority.'It is unfortunate that the FRSC had gone to make this announcement. if you look into the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the exclusive legislative list, the only jurisdiction for managing traffic is what Federal Government has in a federal trunk road, not on road within municipality of states,' the state governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said this on Monday, while addressing newsmen.In the meantime, the state government has said it will make available no fewer than 500 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), who will be expected to help in the control of traffic in the alternative routes that will be provided during the duration of rehabilitation works on the bridge.
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