ypzilanti: FG retaliates by purchases 30 more private jets for presidential fleet.

CohenJane:

There are four to five LAGBUS from Ikorodu to Unilag, and Unilag to Ikorodu on a daily bases. I don't know about Yabatech

naptu2: The University of Lagos Students Union (ULSU) runs shuttle services from within campus to Yaba and Bariga (they are the only ones allowed to run services within campus). Members of NURTW provide service up to the campus gate. There are also BRT services.

pecker_lord:

im sure its people like you i see at ojuelegba every mornign reading fre newspaper and argue with ols men

sheyie2007:
Are they humans?

Okija_juju:


YES!! Yoruba humans..

ypzilanti: FG retaliates by purchasing 30 more private jets for presidential fleet.

1) The government tried what you are talking about in 2001 (I.e, the "City Bus project). They granted licenses to City Bus and other companies to run monopoly services in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki. It didn't work. Area boys and agberos destroyed the buses. The franchisees could not provide enough buses. Basically, it brought chaos.

2) In planning the BRT system, the government took into account the lessons it learnt from the failed City Bus project.

A) Other commercial buses are not barred from plying these routes.

B) Molue and danfo bus drivers are part of a union called the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). The NURTW are franchisees in the BRT project. Basically, molue and danfo drivers are retrained to meet standards set by government. They are then given BRT buses to drive. The project is financed by some banks. The government guarantees the NURTW loan. It's a win-win situation for everybody.

Afro_Blue: Why purchase Tata buses and not Innoson brand?


Tata Marcopolo Motors Ltd.

Headquarters Dharwad, India


Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Limited (IVM),

Nnewi, Anambra



[img]http://3.bp..com/-zWBlt7WzVi4/TqMIf9dNrII/AAAAAAAAe48/bxWjT3POvEY/s400/nnewi.jpg[/img]
Innoson 6125 mass transit bus produced in Nnewi

Symphony007: What happened to the light rail project? Is'nt this what modern cities need? Not buses to contribute to the existing traffic gridlock.

mapet: May be when Innoson beging to manufacture the Tata equivalent......... I share the sentiment that Lagos should explore buying Innoson's buses. If those Innoson's buses can last 3-5years then it will be a good deal. I hope the cost of acqusition is less than the Indian Tata, cos cost of manufacturing in Nigeria may not be cheap

naptu2: @ Pharoh: you could buy into the BRT system. With that you are sure that the government would protect you against agbero and NURTW.

The reason why there are so many transport operators is because they provide different levels of service in terms of quality.

For example, in Lekki you have the state government owned BRT (Lagbus). It is comfortable, but they waste time with unnecessary bureaucracy (ticket verification, etc) and their route selection is not very sensible. Some people use Lagbus because of the comfort they get. Others have no time to waste and would prefer to use NURTW services, no matter how uncomfortable they are. The Trade Union Congress started it's own BRT service which is more efficient than Lagsbus and more comfortable than NURTW.

So, you can conduct research, get a lucrative route, figure out your comparative advantage and buy into BRT.

Red-Light:
@frank c
atleast its visible.. When will gej buses arrive 4rm china nw?

Okija_juju:

Yoruba Man will not buy an Igbo mans Bus when Lanre Shittu is still importing vehicles from china..

geeez:

Okay then let the Igboman develop a similar transit system and use their own buses ... But dem fit? NO

Okija_juju:

Yoruba Man will not buy an Igbo mans Bus when Lanre Shittu is still importing vehicles from china..

Okija_juju:


Shey out of all the Yoruba states, na only lagos develop!! Have you wondered why?! Simple.. Na Federal Government develop the place reach like that..

Make Ibadan start BRT na!! Or even Ekiti.. Or Ogun..


I dey laugh!!


Anytime una sleep wake up, no forget say na all of us money build Lagos.. Tomorrow now, Middle-belt people and Hausa go start to use Abuja make mouth too like say Nama money fit build two story building!

Ogun boosts mass transit services with new buses
FRIDAY, 31 AUGUST 2012 00:00 BY YETUNDE EBOSELE FEATURES - AUTO WHEELS
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THE Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, recently unveiled 77 new buses as part of measures to ease inter and intra city transportation in the state.

The governor also attributed the high incidence of road carnage in Ogun to the poor state of federal roads in the state.

Amosun who spoke at the launch of the Ogun State Bus Mass Transit Scheme (BMTS), at the Memorial Arcade, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, described the state of federal roads in Ogun State as “worrisome” and called on the Federal Ministry of Works to speedily fix the roads.

Addressing the gathering that comprised market women, artisans and transporters, Amosun said: “Let me seize this opportunity to express concern on an issue that affects public transportation system, particularly in our state. This concerns the state of the federal roads in the state. It saddens me to say that out of the 465,000 deaths and 18,095 injuries recorded in 5,330 road accidents in Nigeria in 2010, 649 of such deaths, 1,333 injuries and 1,980 accidents occurred in Ogun State alone. This translates to 16 per cent of fatalities, eight per cent of injuries and 37 per cent of road accidents.

“Of course, this is due to the fact that the longest sections of the two busiest highways in Nigeria, the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, that links the busiest air and sea ports of Nigeria in Lagos, with the rest of Nigeria, and the Sagamu-Ore-Benin Expressway that links the western and eastern parts of Nigeria- traverse the length of our state.

“The state of disrepair of these roads and the other federal roads in Ogun State are worrisome. I, therefore, plead with the Federal Government, and most especially, the Federal Ministry of Works to pay attention to these roads as a matter of urgency. This is the only way this mass transit project could be sustainable.”

Amosun explained that the procurement of the buses was to ease transportation pains of the people, pointing out: “Almost immediately after these procurement, the state government entered into diligent negotiation and discussion with transportation experts with the aim of acquiring more high capacity buses to augment the apparent shortfall in the number of buses available for intra-city travel in our state.”

He called on all stakeholders in the transportation industry as well as law enforcement agencies to ensure the success of the BMT programme and to ensure that “our roads become safer for all road users.”

The governor added: “Apart from the fact that this programme will cushion the after- effect of the removal of fuel subsidy, it is believed that these buses will ply our roads, and carry more passengers at once, thus, reducing the need for everyone to put their own vehicles on the road, and incurring costs on the maintenance of their vehicles.

“Therefore, as the numbers of vehicles on our roads are reduced, it will also reduce the propensity for road accidents and casualties arising from such. The roads will also be freer, thus reducing the man-hour wasted in road traffic jams.”

The governor used the occasion to restate his administration’s commitment to the wellbeing of the people of the state. “At this juncture, let me restate our administration’s unwavering commitment to the development of Ogun State, and the well-being of our people. As we have continued to renovate existing roads, we are also constructing new ones. The flagship of the already constructed roads is the already completed six-lane Ibara-Ita-Eko, Totoro Road, which is being linked with the Oke-Ilewo Road, with the on-going over-head bridge, the first in the state capital.”

According to him, the administration would soon commence the construction of six major roads across the state pointing out that the roads, when completed, promised to redefine the transportation landscape of the state.

Oyo to procure 100 43-seater mass transit buses
Posted in Featured News, Press/News on September 30, 2012



The Oyo State Government has approved arrangements for the procurement of 100 mass transit buses to ease transportation problem in the state at the cost of N1,744,800,000.
A statement issued in Ibadan on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Dr. Festus Adedayo, said that the vehicles are Daewoo-model 43-seater buses to be purchased from Korea.
He said that the 100 units of 43-seater buses’ – Daewoo BF-106 – sum included the cost of the project administration, spare parts and the stay of Korean expatriates in the country for one year.
The statement also said that the state government insisted on bringing the Korean expatriates to train the state technicians so as to increase the workers in the employment of the government’s technical know-how.
According to Adedayo, the buses would be supplied in three phases of 30, 30, 40, with the first batch arriving the state in November 2012.
He explained that the project would also include training, support, design, implementation and maintenance of the project, so as to enable the state derives maximum value from the mass transit project.
The governor’s spokesman said that a workshop would be constructed and maintained by the firm for one year during which technicians and engineers of the state-owned Trans City Transport Company (TCTC) would be trained on the handling and maintenance of the buses, while parts of the vehicles would also be supplied by the company.
Adedayo, who said that some of the technicians and engineers of the state government who would work on the vehicles would also be trained in Korea, added that the procurement of the buses was part of government’s comprehensive transport policy for the state.
He said that the other aspect of the policy would involve procurement of 18-seater mini-buses and taxi cabs aimed at removing some of the rickety vehicles currently being used for commercial purposes in the state

Okija_juju:


Shey out of all the Yoruba states, na only lagos develop!! Have you wondered why?! Simple.. Na Federal Government develop the place reach like that..

Make Ibadan start BRT na!! Or even Ekiti.. Or Ogun..


I dey laugh!!


Anytime una sleep wake up, no forget say na all of us money build Lagos.. Tomorrow now, Middle-belt people and Hausa go start to use Abuja make mouth too like say Nama money fit build two story building!

ypzilanti:



I am from eastern Nigeria. My state governor is T.A. Orji. In the same region there is a Chime who is performing. Ogun state that is just next door to Lagos is not a well run state. A state that should be the New Jersey of Nigeria's New York is like a glorified village. Let us just appreciate good governance (or relatively better governance) and leave all these tribal sentiments.

Gbawe:

"Was not a well run State" would be a more appropriate statement because the current governor is doing well and on course to turning the State around ih he sustains tempo, goodwill and dedication to duty. I fully concur with the sentence highlighted in red fonts above. It is an appeal many of us make here to deaf and malevolent ears. What, for example, is the point of trying to discredit the Ogun State transit scheme when the previous Governor never deemed that the people deserved such?

Okija_juju:


Shey out of all the Yoruba states, na only lagos develop!! Have you wondered why?! Simple.. Na Federal Government develop the place reach like that..

Make Ibadan start BRT na!! Or even Ekiti.. Or Ogun..


I dey laugh!!


Anytime una sleep wake up, no forget say na all of us money build Lagos.. Tomorrow now, Middle-belt people and Hausa go start to use Abuja make mouth too like say Nama money fit build two story building!

omonnakoda: Okoro man ! Just one question I have for you. Why did Oju Iku kill hissef

PeterKbaba:

Frustration, no respect and acknowledgment from his own people!!!