LASAA staff set to protest FG’s clampdown on billboards

Staff of Lagos State Signage and Lagos state Advertisement Agency (LASAA) are about to begin a protest over the clampdown on billboards sited on federal roads in Lagos.

Dozens of staff have already gathered at the Ikeja under bridge where the march will soon commence.

The federal government and Lagos government have been at loggerheads over alleged refusal of advertising agencies to grant Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates spaces on their signages

LASAA is accused of warning the agencies and billboard owners against doing so

However, it is alleged that permissions are easily granted for APC candidates, especially Lagos APC gubernatorial candidates, Akinwunmi Ambode, whose images adorn over 99 per cent of billboards in Lagos.