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….Govt, union reschedule enlarged truce meeting for tomorrow

THE leadership of Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria, JDWAN, yesterday, suspended its seven days strike, over alleged extortion by officials of the Lagos State Park and Garages Management on major roads in the state.

The suspension is pending further resolutions of the matter, as some members of the group said they won’t resume until their grievances are resolved.

JDWAN members had, Monday, embarked on a seven-day warning strike, which entered the third day, yesterday.

However, the JDWAN, led by Akintade Abiodun, yesterday, directed its members to return to work at the end of a crucial stakeholders’ meeting with representatives of the state government, led by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, MOT, Gbolahan Toriola, held at the ministry’s conference hall, Alausa, Ikeja.

In the wake of the strike action, the state government had summoned the leadership of the unregistered union to the meeting with the aim of resolving their grievances over alleged extortion.

Meanwhile, the state government and the transport union leadership agreed to reschedule the meeting to allow for a larger participation as members of Lagos State Parks and Garages, led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, were absent after waiting endlessly for JDWAN members hours after the set time.

JDWAN, at the end of the meeting, directed other transport unions, which include: Ibile Drivers Stakeholders Association of Nigeria, DSWAN, Mega City Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria, MCDWA, Federal Assisted Mass Transit Incorporation, FAMTI, Owners, Drivers and Conductors Association, ODCA, Commercial Bus Drivers and Owners Operators of Lagos, CBDOP, Mini Bus Drivers Welfare Association, MNDWA, to resume operations.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Gbolahan Toriola, when contacted, told Vanguard that the state government was determined to end the strike action as soon as possible.

After listening to the series of allegations, assault on members and demands by the leaders of the union at the meeting, Toriola expressed the government’s concern over the lingering strike, saying the interest of the public necessitated the meeting.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/11/extortion-drama-as-lagos-bus-drivers-suspend-strike/

The strike was never going to work anyways.

Because while some people were at home observing strike, others were out working and charging exorbitant fees and there’s no way to punish them.

How can such thing work?

Orisirisi

I doubt that this union is active because I am sure many bus drivers don't even know about it. No be those ones wey dey smoke igbo up and down?

If they had known about this union and complied with the strike action, they would have grounded the entire state.

Hunger bad, like say dem sef fit each tyre or drink fuel.

Better

Lol
Sapa no be anybody mate...
Children dey house
Wife dey house
Sense must return by force

hunger make them suppend the strike

Was there any strike??

Nonsense

Strike wey dem no even get liver do!

Good one ...

Meanwhile tinubu... Is ur next president

There was no day that I didn’t see yellow buses working
I don’t know what strike they are suspending when they never went on strike in the first place

It's well

They r not organised

Sapá má your mate?

jojo1415:
They r not organised

The main reason is that most commercial bus drivers don't have the habit of saving money therefore it's almost impossible for the majority to sustain an extended period of inactivity

I know the strike won't last. They don't even have task force to enforce it, cos other commercial buses were working. Let them go back to work and keep paying those agbero and police. It's the passengers that will suffer it when it reflects on the fare.

Imagine only oshodi alone get more than 20 agbero collecting for different union. Lagos transport business is not for the weak.

Nna mehnn

Everything in Lagos is a fluke

Strike held its ground only on Monday
The rest days was rubbish

It doesn’t change the fact that from Berger to VI is now N800 with “Abeg”

SOMETIMES EEH I JUST DEY CRY DEY ASK BABA GO WETIN COME MAKE MY PAPA AND MAMA CARRY ME COME DIS S..HOLE

WHO Advice them

Nothing ia really working anymore in Nigeria to be honest

The drivers are victims of the current situation.

I didnt see any strike here
Obi ppl bin plan use am gt point but at d end he dey pain dem say he no happen.

They have to

Hopefully the agberos will have gotten some sense.....

Good