Lagos State Government says the April 1 date for the reopening of Lekki toll gate will not be changed.
Commissioner for information Gbenga Omotosho said on Wednesday that those clamouring for the toll gate not to be reopened do not live in Nigeria.
“Most of the people that have been vociferous about the Lekki Construction Company returning to the toll gate are people who do not live around that place. What I have discovered are people who don’t live in Nigeria. They send messages from thousands of miles away asking people not to go there and pay a toll while saying all manners of unprintable things,” he said during an interview on Arise TV.
The toll gate has been shut since 2020 following the violence that greeted the #EndSARS protest.
Omotosho said the LCC “has no choice after borrowing about N11.6bn from local lenders and $31.1m from foreign lenders.”
The commissioner noted that the company has a staff strength of about 500 people who have been idle for about 18 months.
“Also, there are about 500 workers at LCC, about 90 per cent of them have been idle for the past 18 months and they have families to feed; friends and relations to attend to. So, for the company to want to return now, and like I said, people are giving them great understanding,” Omotosho said.
