Okinni Junction Needs Immediate Traffic Control – Residents Appeal To Government
Traffic congestion, reckless driving, commercial motorcycle activity and roadside trading are creating a serious road-safety threat, especially during school closing hours
By Reloaded News Desk
Okinni Junction in Osun State urgently needs traffic control as worsening congestion and chaotic movement at the busy intersection continue to expose motorists, pedestrians and schoolchildren to serious danger.
The situation becomes particularly critical during school closing hours, when students emerge from schools and move into the already congested junction from different directions.
Reckless driving, commercial motorcycle activity, roadside trading and the volume of vehicles and pedestrians have combined to make movement through the junction increasingly difficult and dangerous.
The absence of traffic personnel at such a busy point leaves motorists and other road users to negotiate the junction largely on their own, increasing the risk of collisions, gridlock and disorder.
Residents who approached Reloaded News are appealing & calling for the immediate deployment of traffic officers to Okinni Junction.
Urgent Official Action Requested
The residents appealed that Osun State Government should urgently deploy traffic officers to Okinni Junction, particularly during peak traffic and school closing hours, to take direct control of traffic movement and protect vulnerable road users.
The authorities should also assess the junction and introduce sustained traffic-management measures, including:
– Regular deployment of traffic officers during peak periods.
– Strict enforcement against reckless driving and dangerous manoeuvres.
– Proper regulation of commercial motorcycle movement around the junction.
– Action against roadside activities obstructing traffic and pedestrian movement.
– Protection of schoolchildren and other pedestrians crossing the junction.
– Coordination with relevant road-traffic authorities on longer-term traffic-control measures.
This is an issue that requires preventive action, not a response after an accident has occurred.
With schoolchildren regularly passing through the area, traffic management at Okinni Junction is not simply a matter of convenience. It is a matter of public safety.
The relevant authorities should therefore treat the situation as urgent and deploy personnel to the junction without delay.
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