Scenes of long lines of people on both sides of many highways in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos filled social media as thousands of commuters to work and businesses across the state got stranded by commercial drivers heeding a strike called by Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN).

JIDWAN President. Akintade Abiodun said the strike will continue till November 6, 2022 except their demands are met.

The demands are government should stop several illegal fees paid by his members, harassment and intimidation by enforcement agencies and building of more bus stops for commercial use.

Abiodun described the fees as illegal and pure extortion of JDWA members. A situation they see as a dangerous vehicle for increasing the state’s high cost of living.

“We kick against paying motor park thugs at every bus stop. All illegal money at garages and parks must stop,” Abiodun said in the statement.

“Harassment of law enforcement agencies and intimidation with guns, cutlasses, and broken bottles by LASTMA (Lagos State Traffic Management Authority), task force, and RRS (Rapid Response Squad) must end immediately.

“Lagos State government should build and assign more bus stops for commercial use to avoid arrest by LASTMA for dropping off passengers at existing bus stops, which are known to commuters as official bus stops.”

Asked if the government has reached out to them for negotiations, Abiodun said some representatives of the association met with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Abdulhafiz Toriola and the Parks Management Liaison Officer, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, in the company of JDWAN’s Legal Adviser, Mr Ayo Ademiluyi.

He said the essence of the meeting, which took place over the weekend, was defeated as the drivers received threatening messages.

Many stranded commuters urged government to initiate dialogue with the drivers.

”This cannot continue. Government must take its responsibility and find a solution by engaging in a dialogue rather than seeing this as a bluff by the drivers. People are suffering and they have only the government to turn to,” one civil servant told our correspondent.

https://newsday.com.ng/video-commuters-stranded-as-lagos-drivers-begin-strike/


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Pathetic!

You only need to stay in Lagos to understand the pain of these guys.

They are extorted at every bus stop/junction by jobless idiots that are ready to stab them to death if they dare try to resist.

These agberos are so mean and fearless that they don’t mind breaking side mirrors or losing out fuel tank covers or taking out wipers. It’s just so horrific.

My classmate who came to Lagos late last year and got Korope to drive on the route from Ajah to Lakowe.

They were extorting between 3,500 and 3,800 from him daily until he gave up. That’s part of Tinubu’s legacy in Lagos. But BATstards don’t like it when we talk about it.

I’m so happy they are finally standing up to the menace of those urchins.

Tinubu should never happen to Nigeria.

Never!

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Tinubu Lagos of Agberos and Exploitation

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Nigeria is a lawless country

Which way my people.
Guys I need some help, check my previous post

Unprecedented that agbero will go on strike courtesy of overtaxing by their own govt.

IGR people, make una dey thanks Igbos for running lagos with their markets if not agbero for dey collect sleeping tax, like u go dey your house dey sleep, mc boys go come tax u.

This is the excellent people building skills of the agbado lord that some urchins want to replicate all over Nigeria.
Vote wisely.