The incoming governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said he will rid Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) of reckless driving by employing graduates as drivers and adding more dignity to the work.

Sanwo-Olu spoke Saturday during an interactive session with his classmates at the Executive Master of Business Administration class, University of Lagos, 1998/2000 set.

The forum held a “Congratulatory Dinner Reception,” in Sanwo-Olu’s honour at Wheatbaker Hotel in Ikoyi, where they presented to him a policy document, containing their ideas and suggestions on some of what Sanwo-Olu could do in office to have a successful tenure.


In specific terms, the classmates asked Sanwo-Olu how he would address the recklessness of some of the BRT bus drivers.


He said, “The BRT issue is something that has to do with culture. When we take over, by the Grace of God, we will advertise and see if we can employ some of our graduates as drivers.

“What I realised is that apart from the money we will be paying them, which is more than what they are paying an average graduate, we need to very quickly tell our people and encourage ourselves that there is dignity in work. We are going to be paying (them) between N80,000 and N100,000 to come and drive these buses because we expect a lot more decency.

“By the time we get the culture of the drivers’ right, the routes are coming up, by the time we finish the Abule-Egba/Iyana Ipaja/Ikeja route, it will boost the number of BRT (buses).”

Accordingly to Sanwo-Olu, Lagos could one day adopt technology to upgrade and model the BRT ticketing system after what is obtainable in the United Kingdom.

At the dinner, the governor-elect also explained his plans to eradicate gridlock around the cit.

He said his administration hoped to, by the middle of next year, complete the blue rail starting from Okokomaiko, through to Mile 2, Orile and Marina.

“The water will work, BRT buses will work and rail will work,” Sanwo-Olu said.

On the Apapa gridlock, He said, “The Apapa trailer issue; it’s a campaign issue; it’s very serious. I’m going to take it very seriously. I believe that it is something that we are going to solve in the first 60 days of our government. Whatever is going to be required of us, we will take them out. There is a lot of politics being played around there. But no, it cannot be the way we’ll continue to live. We cannot continue to give excuses.”

“Five or 10 years ago, if we had been forward-thinking, we would have also realised that the city had actually outgrown the Apapa Port. So, the long-term solution is to build another one. Our government, by the Grace of God, will start the Badagry Port. That is the long-term solution,” he said.

Source: https://www.herald.ng/ill-employ-graduates-as-brt-drivers-increase-their-salary-to-n100-000-sanwo-olu/

Oh God! Don't do this to our graduates! Employ SSCE holders for driving jobs and look for more brain tasking jobs for the youths of this nation. Sanwo Olu should not disappoint...

A five year bachelors degree should be fit for something more challenging than driving BRT!

Who did we offend in this country!

How will this country progress when our Leaders didnt have good plans for us, imagine an engineering, medical ,and graduates from other fields working as a driver,instead of empowering them, engaging them in seminal and trainings to enable them improves the science and technology of our nation.

No wonder, some lowlife are happy living on 30k BMC stipends. Government should build more prison.
Boys wont stop to do yahoo yahoo.
Efcc will arrest ,dem go tired.

that will be nice.....corporate!

If I hear

Lol


Naija na joke finally



No wonder buhati said ur degrees are useless

What can 100k do for a graduate?/

Rent alone in lag and a keke driver is better off




Goes back to trading platform

Is this one still campaigning?

No wonder Ambode said he is a junkie! This is how they make promises upon promises, and when it's time to walk the talk, they start quoting the constitution or blame-game.

Not a bad idea

Just imagine?

This is what our politicians have reduced graduates to. It's not about the 100k. It's about the dignity. Instead of creating a job befitting people's certificate, he is talking about graduates doing Agbero on BRT buses.

Is this the same certificate some students are committing suicide for?? Mtchewwwwwwwwww

Lol

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If it's gonna be possible! I will contest and win

Let the selection process be a fair one!

Chai.......

No Ps sha...work and save up aggressively within one year cause I'd rather be self employed.....

But we ladies ain't included nah.....

anyhow nah action we want...

This is too bad.

All these end time governors go just dey talk anyhow. 100k for driving while the other governor wan start weed business. Well, I guess I go dey live for OYO state while I go dey work for Lagos state.

Not bad. Not too nice either

No job is easy but it is kind of degrading to be exchanging words and avoiding fights from Lagos agbero every day. after going through several years of education, you end up with the worst kinds of street urchins in the world.

So the company is not big enough to employ hundreds of graduates on management, field, maintenance and training staff levels? They just have to be drivers.

Na wah!

Nukilia:
Oh God! Don't so this to our graduates! Employ SSCE holders for driving jobs and look for more brain tasking jobs for the youths of this nation. Sanwo Olu should not disappoint...

A five year bachelors degree should be fit for something more challenging than driving BRT!

Who did we offend in this country!

Coman appease the gods fes

This is good .

Graduate agbero ... hmmmm

Tinubu has spoken

Good one sanwo ilu.

Nukilia:
Oh God! Don't so this to our graduates! Employ SSCE holders for driving jobs and look for more brain tasking jobs for the youths of this nation. Sanwo Olu should not disappoint...

A five year bachelors degree should be fit for something more challenging than driving BRT!

Who did we offend in this country!

Tell that to graduate wey never see Job for 7yrs..
Atleast the governor still made an arrangement for them.

Buhari wey no get us for mind than travelling nko

people will still come and complain...

ingrates!!!

damn, this life, one cant please everyone...