Lagos drivers strike

Agbero will collect, task force will collect, LASTMA will collect, and they'll do it with force.” Four Lagos bus drivers speak on the strike.

“Agbero will collect, task force will collect, LASTMA will collect, police officers will collect and they’ll do it with force because the Lagos State government gives them the avenue to do so. “The government needs to call LASTMA, the task force and even the police to order. “Immediately I collect money from my passengers, I pay it to the enforcer that helps me call in passengers. I now own just one bus that I drive myself and the agbero payment is ruining my business. For the loading of passengers at the bus stop, we pay ₦6000 daily — ₦3000 at Obalende, ₦3000 at Ajah. Predictably, the scarcity of buses has led to [price hikes](https://twitter.com/MobilePunch/status/1587029137851654147) along several routes.

Lagos drivers kicked off the seven-day protest and strike on Monday, October 31st, but alleged that hoodlums attacked the drivers and injured several of ...

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Business and human activities in Lagos State were paralysed on Monday as commercial bus drivers, under the aegis of the Joint Drivers' Welfare Association.

Areas monitored include Igando, Ikotun, Isheri and Egbeda in Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. He noted that the essence of the meeting was defeated by the threat messages received by the drivers . The protesting drivers alleged extortion by men of motor parks and garages management, miscreants and government officials in the state.

The strike embarked upon by bus drivers in Lagos State on Monday has posed a great danger on businesses as it hampered the movement of many.

I had to take a cab to work this morning,” Oladeji said. “When I got to Mile 2, I noticed that all the tax collectors were still anticipating these buses that went on strike. “When I got to the bus station at Abule Ado this morning by 7:45 am, there was no bus available; fortunately for me, I was able to get a bus that charged N300 to Mile 2 from Abule Ado,” Chinedu Eze said.

Segun James and Rebecca Ejifoma. Many commuters yesterday were left stranded on Lagos State roads as commercial bus drivers in the state began seven-day ...

The government, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr. “The extortion of commercial vehicle drivers in the state has wider economic implications,” the group said in a statement jointly signed by Affiong Affiong and Akinkunmi Olawoyin, interim chairperson and secretary respectively. “The unfettered and violent extortion by the Lagos State Government agents has not only increased transportation fare beyond the affordability of workers but also made every good and service out of the reach of the poor Lagosians.”

The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State on Tuesday appealed to the striking members of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria to consider ...

He said that the failure of successive administrations to invest in the productive development of the youth had increased the menace of motor park touts in the state. The PDP spokesman said that the transition of the National Union of Road Transport Workers to the Lagos State Parks Management Authority was the cause of the problem. “The continued fleecing of the commuters and transport operators in Lagos State which has resulted in the members of the sector declaring strike, calls for the attention of everyone living, commuting, and working in the state of excellence.

Many commuters were yesterday stranded as the strike embarked upon by commercial drivers in Lagos State under the umbrella of Joint Drivers Welfare.

It is like a baboon is working and a monkey is eating. “All over the world there can never be 100 per cent compliance to protest. “Commercial drivers cannot be working like elephants and eating like ants.

JDWAN on Monday commenced a seven-day strike over alleged extortion and harassment from the motor park management and thugs, popularly known as Agberos in ...

He said that the failure of successive administrations to invest in the productive development of the youth had increased the menace of motor park touts in the state. The PDP spokesman said that the transition of the National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW to the Lagos State Parks Management Authority was the cause of the problem. “The continued fleecing of the commuters and transport operators in Lagos State which has resulted in the members of the sector declaring strike, calls for the attention of everyone living, commuting, and working in the state of excellence.

The Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN) has vowed to continue its seven-day industrial action that commenced on Monday despite threats from ...

“Some of our commercial drivers, members of JDWAN, were abducted and attacked viciously. “In Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State, drivers were beaten by multitude of motor park thugs and caretaker committee thugs over the boycott while they marched chanting ‘where are the other drivers?'” “We have explicitly made our points clear in our demands and we are expecting the Lagos State government to accede to our demands by stopping exploitation of our labour and violent violation of our rights and restraining court order against the motor park management and caretaker committee thugs in Lagos.”

The Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), currently on strike, has been called upon by the Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic ...

“We sympathise with the Lagos state transport operators on their strike and urge them to consider the plight of ordinary commuters in Lagos who also bear the brunt of their agitation through the exorbitant transport fares which have eaten deep into their salary. “The continued fleecing of the commuters and transport operators in Lagos state which has resulted in the members of the sector declaring strike, calls for the attention of everyone living, commuting, and working in the state of excellence. The Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), currently on strike, has been called upon by the Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to consider the plight of commuters across the state and call off the strike.

The Peoples Democratic Party and some Lagos residents have appealed to aggrieved transport operators in the state to resume as their seven-day strike ...

The statement read in part, “The continued fleecing of commuters and transport operators in Lagos State, which has resulted in the members of the sector declaring strike, calls for the attention of everyone living, commuting, and working in the state of excellence. “We sympathise with the Lagos State transport operators on their strike and urge them to consider the plight of ordinary commuters in Lagos, who also bear the brunt of their agitation through the exorbitant transport fares which have eaten deep into their salaries. The Peoples Democratic Party and some Lagos residents have appealed to aggrieved transport operators in the state to resume as their seven-day strike entered day two.