DESIST FROM CONVERTING ROADS TO PARKING LOT,STREET TRADING.-AMBODE+ASK LG BOSSES TO SUBMIT 288 MORE ROADS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

               Lagos State Government,Mr Akinwunmi Amode of Lagos State today tuesday warned residents of resist the temptation to convert any of the 114 newly constructed Local Government roads to venue for commercial purposes or parking lot for abandoned vehicles.Governor Ambode made the appeal at the continuation of the commissioning of the 114 roads built by his administration across the 20 Local Governments {LGs} and 37 Local council Development Areas {LCDAs}.Speaking though his representatives at the various locations,the Governor said that conversion of the roads to other uses other than for motorists would reduce its life span.At the commissioning of Seriki Kemberi Road and Alhaji Rasak Street in Iba LCDA,the governor was represented by Mr Oladele Adekanye,a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Apostle Alexander Bamgbola,the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria {CAN},Lagos Chapter.He lamented that some landlords in the state do not set aside space within their structures for parking,saying ''rather,they ask their tenants to park on the road.Allowing heavy static load on the road will reduce the life span of the road.Good roads embellish the community.It would reduce flooding and residents would be able to live comfortably''.