The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has ordered the
immediate removal of all posters, sign posts and billboards from all
Federal Government-owned roads in Lagos State.
National Coordinator of the task force of the newly established
Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme of FERMA (SURE-P
FERMA), Alhaji Abdulrazak Rafiu Otto attributed the directive to a
recent approval granted the establishment by President Goodluck
Jonathan to take charge of all revenue collections on all advertisements
placed on all federal roads in the state on behalf of the federal
government. The directive also includes all political posters placed on
federal roads in the state.
According to him, plans had been concluded to deploy officials of
the task force to man roads and direct traffic in the state and ensure
no person places any form of commercial or advert materials on federal
government owned roads. Any defaulter, who refuses to remove any advert
material or places new one, Otto said, would be made to face the law.
“Failure to heed this advice which takes immediate effect will attract serious consequences,” he said.
The National Coordinator, while speaking at a rally held in Lagos
State to sensitize Lagosians on the activities of the SURE-P/FERMA task
force, praised President Jonathan for empowering the establishment,
which has generated employment for over 20, 000 young graduates.
Otto had, earlier, joined men of the task force in a road trek
throughout Lagos metropolis, accompanied by mobile policemen from the
Lagos Police command.
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