The Rise, fall of Lekki as Residential Haven
Despite the fact that the Lagos State Government has given all assurance that its LASTMA and all relevant traffic management will be on ground to manage traffic crisis expected from the takeoff of fuel lifting form the Dangote Refinery, residents have come to the reality that serene road traffic era is gone and gone forever. Flashback to over 25 to 30 years ago, every Lagos resident takes living in Lekki as a mini-haven due to its traffic serenity and quality of roads, but all of that are fading away as a refinery, which will be transporting its products on roads has started operations after all. Analysts and some residents thought that the original plan was to pipe product or ferry in barges to off-takers, tank farms, deports from where marketers would take the product to petrol stations. Already, the sole buyer of Dangote Refinery PMS, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has deployed over 100 trucks to Dangote Refinery to lift Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Besides,