Bad Parking and Roadside Trading Make Traffic Worse in Osogbo

(Iillegal Parking in the road. Photo by Daily Post)
People driving and walking through Osogbo said that the roads are jammed because drivers park anywhere they like, roadside trading and buses stop right in the middle of the road to pick up passengers.

The problem is worst during evening rush hours and on the Osogbo Ikirun Road, where double parking forces drivers to swerve across lanes.

Some short trips now take more than an hour.

Commuter Anthony Alo says the roads have been widened and rehabilitated, but they are losing their capacity because of the obstruction.

He has asked the government to build bus stops at Old Garage Junction and other busy spots.

A spare parts dealer, Pelumi Tijani, complained that cars parked outside his shop from morning till evening, blocking customers from seeing his goods.

Osun Transport Commissioner Sesan Oyedele said designated parking spaces would help and warned car dealers against displaying vehicles for sale on public roads.

He said bus stops were included in the 2025 and 2026 budgets but have not been built because the state has not received its local government allocations.

He hopes the funding problem will be solved before 2027.

The Federal Road Safety Corps' Osun sector commander, Sunday Adebayo, said his men will meet car dealers, the transport union and other stakeholders before starting enforcement, and that the corps is working with the state government on a long term fix for roadside trading.