Segun James
Forward of the deliberate commissioning of the Lagos Pink Line Rail System, scheduled for Thursday, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday took an inspection tour of the amenities to establish its readiness.
THISDAY nevertheless, gathered that solely the infrastructures can be inaugurated whereas the system would begin operation at a later date.
The governor, within the firm of his Deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, some cupboard members, and newsmen took off from Ikeja Station to Iju Station earlier than making a return journey to Ikeja. Each journeys took 16 minutes.
Addressing journalists later, Sanwo-Olu stated the 37km rail observe was prepared for inauguration, at the same time as he expressed displeasure over the angle of some residents who’ve refused to vacate the rail space regardless of repeated warnings and threats.
He added that individuals ought to know that the tracks will not be a spot of residence or industrial actions, saying the journeys for the Pink Line can be on an hourly foundation.
Sanwo-Olu stated: “This one is our remaining inspection on the Ikeja practice station and we simply completed one other check practice trip on the Pink Line, utilizing one of many trains. And we have now had a journey until Iju and again.
“So we nonetheless have a couple of cleanings to do contained in the practice as a result of they nonetheless have wrappers round it, so in all probability all of that, to proceed to check the air con which is working as a result of all of them got here from totally different climatic weathers.
“Apart from that, it’s the problem round pedestrians on the observe and the type of unsuitable issues we noticed on these tracks, so you could have seen that we’ll proceed to do the enforcement.
“We’ll proceed to do bodily barricades on these strains, working with the Nigeria Railway Company (NRC), however the message right here is admittedly for our residents dwelling nearly on the observe that, a observe is just not a spot of residence or industrial actions, we must always proceed to inform folks to remain off it and we are going to proceed to implement it, and proceed to make sure that we clear the tracks as a result of we don’t wish to document any fatality,
“As soon as the intra practice begins, it’s not each two hours or three hours, it’s going to be pretty common, 10 minutes, quarter-hour and we don’t need them to be comfy that they’ve to remain on the observe. It’s not a spot for folks to remain.
“That’s the main problem, we have now diminished it significantly within the final two months and we is not going to cease.
“Apart from that, I feel the stations are prepared, the trains are prepared, ” Sanwo-Olu said.
