Caroline Danjuma
Lekki
Concession Company Limited has announced an increment of toll fees
leading to a response from one of the Nigerian celebrities resident in
the area. Nigerian actress, Caroline Danjuma has taken to social media to
react to a notification she got this morning on Lekki concession
centre’s plan to increase toll gate fare.
She took to her Instagram page to share a picture of the Lekki
Concession Centre, informing Lagos motorists of their plan to increase
the fare on Admiralty toll gate and Lekki-Ikoyi Link bridge toll gate
from November 8th 2017.
A notice of the effected increment
She wrote:
“On my out of Lekki this morning I received this notifying me
that within 4 days there will be an increment to the toll gate tariff..
The question is what do this Govt take the citizens for..
ATM machines they can collect from at will??.. things are
extremely tough in this country for the lay man . Suicidal rate is
extremely high .. Drug abuse is now a norm because people are trying to
get high to get away from the pain, leading to the deaths of young
vibrant youths in the society . I would like to know in details and
statistics what the government uses our taxes for . 1. The hard currency
rate is still increasing against the Naira.. this alone affects
business’s both existing and new .. a lot of companies have gone further
to let go of their staff due to the fact they can’t meet up with the
expenses , some have even gone as far as closing down .
Unemployment is extremely high, kids are out of school ,
innovation is halted , no capital to run it . 2. If this increment is
for the refurbishment of state hospitals , are we going to get free
medicals with our NHS number? Last time I went to LUTH I had to buy the
doctor literally everything including hand gloves before he could
operate on the man I volunteered to help . 3. Is it to rebrand the
police force?
Will they have better accommodation than the deplorable one
they live in now? Will they be well equipped and well trained? Will they
be paid a substantial salary which will stop them from collecting
bribes on the road? 4. Will all these taxes be used to build rehabs and
homes for the homeless? Pls note that NGO’s are operated by individuals n
not the Gov. We pay all sorts of taxes in this country with very few
accounted for , all the government does is create new ways of taking
money from the masses and at their own will, they impose it without a
care in the world . With this new tariff, there will be increment in
transportation fare, resulting to increase in salary . More buisness
will close down , more people will be jobless , more people will be
prone to suicide and drug abuse , people can hardly pay for their rent .
Please tag the authorities. This is absolutely wrong.. this
must NOT be accepted.. I know a lot of you can afford it but pls think
of the poor, ur driver, ur nanny , your cook , ur gate man , your staff ,
your buisness.. don’t ignore this .. we can’t be quiet all the time
because some of us can afford it , we must speak out for those who can
barely have one meal in a day .. this Govt is not for the people .
Enough is enough ..pass this round.. with a peaceful movement and unity
we can achieve the best . Are we the ones paying for the 2019 election?”
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