Following the fall out from an incident where a street hawker was killed in the Maryland axis of Lagos, the Lagos state government is preparing to take tougher measures.
While speaking to Intercontinental Television, Governor Ambode
disclosed that his administration will take a tougher stance on the
issue of traffic hawking. So strict, even those patronizing traffic
hawkers will face a fine of N90,000 or six months in prison.
Lagos state has a law forbidding hawking in traffic and there will
now be more stringent efforts to enforce the law. Traffic hawking is
commonplace in Lagos and it is not altogether uncommon to see all sorts
of items up for sale whenever there’s a traffic congestion.
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