Road crashes: Lagos plans motor park alcohol ban
The Lagos State Government has begun plans to ban the sale of sachet alcoholic drinks at motor parks across the state as part of measures to curb reckless driving and reduce road crashes.
The Secretary to the State Government, Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin, disclosed this on Tuesday during a meeting with the 57 local government secretaries and representatives of the Police Community Relations Committee.
Salu-Hundeyin said the proposed ban was among measures being considered to strengthen security and enhance road safety, particularly during the Ember months when travel and traffic activities typically increase.
She said, “We have discussed the issue of security because we know this is Ember month. We have always been discussing security issues. Transportation is part of security, including the garages (motor parks) where some of these drivers would have taken some alcohol.
“We are carrying out a campaign to discourage this. I have already elevated this to Mr Governor at our higher security meetings that those garages (motor parks) should be banned from selling alcoholic drinks because some of these drivers consume them and then start driving recklessly on the road and put lives in danger.”
The proposed measure comes amid concerns over fatalities resulting from road crashes across the state.
Although the Federal Road Safety Corps has yet to release its 2026 road crash statistics, the Lagos State Sector Command said 91 people were killed in road crashes across the state between January and November 2025.
The Lagos Sector Commander of the FRSC, Kehinde Hamzat, disclosed this in December 2025 while responding to questions on road crash statistics at a press briefing held at the Sector Command in Ojodu-Berger, Lagos.
The briefing, organised to commemorate the annual Don’t Drink and Drive Campaign, was held in partnership with the Beer Sectoral Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria.
The FRSC had also reported that 128 people were killed in 376 road crashes recorded in Lagos between January and October 2023.
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