Lagos residents express frustrations over Buhari’s visit

Razaq Babs

Many residents of Lagos have expressed their frustrations over the closure of roads which led to their staying long hours in traffic and trekking to their workplaces.

They also lamented the high fares they had to pay to get to their destinations.

The residents berated the state government for making them to suffer by trekking long distances to get to their destinations.

The government on Tuesday announced that it would close some major roads in the state to ensure a hitch-free visit to the state by President Muhammadu Buhari.

President Buhari is visiting the state today to, among others, commission the newly built Ikeja bus terminal.

Many resident who spoke with PMNEWS lamented that they were made to suffer unnecessarily just because the president is visiting the state.

My brother, i don tire for this Lagos. Everyday na suffer suffer. See mee trekking all the way from CMS to Barbeach. The suffering dey too much. Infact, i can’t really express my anger, i just want to go,” a shop owner at Eko Hotel told PMNEWS.

Another resident who has his office on Acme road lamented the long hours he stayed in traffic before getting to First Gate bus stop. ”These people are just plain wicked. They have no feelings at all for the struggling man. They create hardship for people under filmsy excuses. I don’t know what to say again, my brother, the suffering is too much, just because one person is coming to town so you have to lock up the whole place. It’s unfair,” a bank worker lamented.