The Fear Of Area Boys (Agbero) In Lagos

If we can get good jobs for those boys, then they can be taken off the streets and rehabilitated.  You don't take awayu the income of people like that without giving them alternatives.  At least, what they do is still better than armed robbery, which is what more of them will go into if they are forced off the streets without alternatives given.

Maybe the Area Boys should be registered and organized by the government into a respected body to aid commercial drivers and collect revenue.  That would be better than forcing them into a life of more violent crime.  What do you think?

sorry african boy, bariga, i guess datz where u live is in yaba and yaba is hmmmmm full of them, itz terrible and i hope it stops

back in 1999, marwa had practically readicated them.tinubu brought them back.for all practical purposes, as fa as i'm concerned area  boys ARE armed robbers, using force of numbers to deprive honest nigerians of teir hard earned money.rehabilitation? not likely.just make it HARD  for area boys and they will disappear. if no one stops them, they will only get worse, like an untreated disease.they will soon harassing private motorists.what am i saying-they already do .if your car breaks downin some parts of lagos, you have 2 settle before u can fix your car.

How about the govt rehabilitate them by training them in areas such as construction, recycling etc.  They help us develop the state and its a win-win for all parties invloved.  And if they refuse because they don't want to work, you build a big prison for them where they can be forced to work.  Simple!

give them jobs? yeah right!

and what would be the motivation for them?? more money than they receive now

i have a personal experience: i and a couple of friends (my girlfriend included) started a sort of NGO (actually a project) which we named the "Street Life Project". The project has the aim of taking kids off the streets and place them where they belong - home, school or proper work.

We have 1 success story so far, Taiye Ganiyu Afolabi, whom we saw as a bus conductor and helped located his people. He spent about 2 weeks with us, during which we had to feed him and virtually clothe him. Many times, he had strong urges to go back to the garage (where he could get up N1000 per day, whereas we could only give him a maximum of N300). The only motivation for him to stay was the fact that we promised to help him get back to school. We are currently working on an adult school for him, but his people have been stubborn (they want him to learn a trade).

now d govt should give our money to people who take it by force

africanboy:

Why in the name of the most high gods must you want to "rehabilitate" a conductor doing a honest day's work?
You know who needs to be rehabilitated?  Clueless do-gooders like you.

Conductors and area boys are not the same.  Area boys exort money while conductors collect money legitimately.
If a boy is able to make 1000 naira per day doing what he knows, why the hell must you deprive him of his job?

I have no problem with conductors being given additional training, but you need to respect the job they do.
Afterall their work for the benefit of people like you and me who take public transport.  How can that be bad?

Gah. 

Even if it were adults, these sort of public tranport services will be banned in Lagos in the near future and where will all the conductors go??

Bus conductor what do they do??

They'll go to the bedroom of the idiot that banned them and repay him appropriately.