Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos State, has said that 'Agberos' cannot be banned in the state because they were “our brothers and cousins”.

'Agberos' in Lagos are notorious for charging taxes that are not remitted to the government, terrorising neighbourhoods, robbing passengers and rigging elections for corrupt politicians.

Hamzat, while speaking with journalists to commemorate his 56th birthday in Lagos, said the National Union of Road Transport Workers to which the touts belong, had the same legitimacy and backing of the law as the Nigeria Medical Association.

He said, “We have all agreed that we live by the constitution and laws. The National Union of Road Transport Workers is actually a union recognised by law. I know some people say ban them, but the government must also be careful. When you just say arbitrarily ban them, what stops you from saying I want to ban the Nigerian Medical Association? Do you understand? There are times government and NMA have issues; does that mean they should be banned? They are expressing their opinion.

“They might be wrong or right but they have the right to express those opinions. And then remember these people (NURTW) are Nigerians; they are our brothers and cousins. So, one of the things we have been telling them is that if you are the chairman in Ajeromi and we see that there are all sorts of contraventions in Ajeromi, we will remove you as a chairman. We are not banning your union but it means you are incompetent.

“So, that is the outcome of one of the meetings we had with them, that if there’s an infraction in any of the areas due to the executive in that area, then it should be dissolved. And then you know we complain about our society, why people fight on the road; we have all gone around the world and it is only here we see people fighting on the road and tearing clothes off themselves, why? That has to change, but changing that does not mean banning them.

“It is to make sure we find the time and interact with them, and say, ‘look this is how it works’. Remember during former (Governor Bola Ahmed) Tinubu’s administration when we started BRT; it was a tug of war, but we took the union to Colombia to see how the union there metamorphosed into owning the BRT and so a lot of those blue buses at that time were owned by the union.

“We said, ‘See you can send your children to school by this; this is a job you can say you are proud of.’ Surprisingly they paid back the loans for the buses quickly. The same thing is happening in the abattoir (business); people say they don’t want the machines, some of our brothers said it is un-Islamic that they want to kill the cow themselves. So, we went to Kenya and Tanzania and we saw Muslims killing in an automated way, and so they agreed. So, it is a matter of engaging people and letting them see the reason they need to change their attitude. That is our way of doing things, not just say put them away.”

http://saharareporters.com/2020/09/29/we-cannot-ban-%E2%80%98agberos%E2%80%99-because-they-are-our-cousins-brothers-says-hamzat-lagos-deputy
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Nah eh! No qualms
Any one above 25 doing this shits is abnormal
Better start B0mbing

It is finished so Agbero is legalised

ok

This homo sapien can't be serious..Haba!!! Sir,you mean u ain't ashamed or conscience thumped that,Ur fellow human kind is squalored...... PINNED.

Make Tinubu the president of this country and General MC Oluomo will be appointed the new "Chief of Agbero Staff" for the whole obodo Nigeria..

Without agbero lagos can not thrive, they are the main political thugs of their politicians.

Now that's a fact. Politicians in Lagos, Rivers, Kano and other mega cities cannot do without agberos because, they are the eyes, mouth and arms of rogue politicians. Ask Tinubu, ask Wike.

I fear who no fear Nigeria
Please, this news should be fake

Agberos are the engine of the Tinubu Political machine and propaganda is the oil

No f given

The only state with celebrity agberos.

Ok

To watch the displays of a mad man is fun, but it is a great calamity to have one for an offspring.

Love your brother as yourself.

Bike and Keke is not our brothers

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It is finished so Agbero is legalised

In yoruba land.

Just imagine! Allowing miscreants to reign supremely because they are their money spinning machines and weapons of political domination.

That's where they get their votes to stay in power. THE ALAUSA and BULLION VAN CRIMINALS are shameless. Lagos is filled with Yaribanza thieves and criminals. Agbero is yoruba heritage. One in every 3 yoruba has agbero as his occupation.

The sins of Ambode.

Owomida people.

Nothing wey westlife no go see for empty street.

IamWonderful:
ok

OK?...


I bet if this was an igbo thread u would have found one irresponsible shit to say....

You don't even have an opinion apart from your tribal shit

Please don't ban agberos. If you do, then you will leave no future for seunmsg's children.

He is modelling his children to become agberos in the future and take over from oluomo, his mentor.

He's right though....

He who monopolizes violence controls the state.

Garbage.
The worst thing happening in Lagos or the worst thing about Lagos is AGBEROES....

They are Tinibu boyd