Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs - Career (2)

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Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by Petroking: 7:36am On Aug 11, 2016

I saw this on the news. I saw the head of operator saying some ill stuff. He said salary is 60k n bonus is 20k and that they had to make salary 40k n bonus 40k .. Immediately the anchor asked y, he was given some useless excuse. I thought I was the only one watching it until my dad said you are a thief I cracked up... Like seriously why not make salary 70k and bonus 10k and u will know if you will be blessed. The man needs to be sacked following that interview on Air. With respect to every African out there. Black Men are their own Devil/Evil. How can we grow with such impunity and miscreants all over

nairalandchris:
Commuters were stranded, yesterday, when Lagos Bus Rapid Transport, BRT’s drivers and ticketers on the Ikorodu-CMS route downed tools over unpaid salaries and unfavourable condition of service.
The BRT scheme, operated by Primero Transport Services Ltd., began operation in November 2015 and has 434 buses on its fleet; and more than 2,000 staff.
It was gathered that the workers convened an emergency meeting at about 5.45a.m. at the loading station, after which they converged on the bus corridor and barricaded it. The protest was orderly.
Some of the workers lamented that their terms of service had been reversed, with salaries slashed from N60,000 to N45,000.
A driver, Mr. Julius Adejire, said: “We are still waiting for our July salaries. The funny thing is that as at Monday evening, we discovered that some other staffers, including the engineers and ground staff, have been receiving salaries alerts. Can we drive this bus on empty stomach?’’
Adejire said that apart from delayed salaries, the drivers wanted improved welfare and working conditions.
He said: “The policy guiding our job is another issue; we are working like slaves because as a driver you cannot stop to ease yourself or have break time.
“We are supposed to be doing 40 hours in a week, but they cowed us into doing 48 hours with just one off day instead of two.
“We have been tolerating them because we believe this is a new project that needs to be supported, but the situation is getting tougher.
“We don’t even know where we are heading; the buses are still new. Is it when the buses go bad that they will pay us?
“In our appointment letter, they said we will receive N60,000 as basic salary and N20,000 as performance bonus. After five months they changed it to N40,000 basic and N40,000 bonus with a lot of conditions.
“They are trying to instil discipline when there is no staff bus or accommodation arrangement for drivers who come from as far as Sango-Ota, Badagry and Agbara.”
He added that drivers, who could not afford to sleep on the bridge near the BRT bus shelter, pay N500 daily to sleep in a nearby church.
He said: “They should revert to the agreement on our appointment letter and also tell us the exact day of the month we will be receiving our salaries.

Source:
https://www.today.ng/news/national/165164/drive-empty-stomachs-striking-lagos-brt-drivers

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Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by Pitoto(m): 7:50am On Aug 11, 2016

Talius:
Ehya! Haven't they been paid?
In this economy half bread is better than none.

Meanwhile, today's my birthday, it won't hurt you all to wish me a happy birthday.

Happy Birthday

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Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by treach(m): 7:52am On Aug 11, 2016

[quote author=Talius post=48377890]Ehya! Haven't they been paid?
In this economy half bread is better than none.

Meanwhile, today's my birthday, it won't hurt you all to wish me a happy birthday.[/quote

HBD... Wishing u many more happy returns, with LLAP.....

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Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by seguno2: 7:55am On Aug 11, 2016

APC fraudulent government in Lagos state continues to be exposed daily.

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by Talius(m): 8:37am On Aug 11, 2016

[quote author=treach post=48379621][/quote]Thank you.

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by Talius(m): 8:37am On Aug 11, 2016

Pitoto:
Happy Birthday

Thank you

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by nairalandchris(op): 9:19am On Aug 11, 2016

afo86:
Ehya! Haven't they been paid?
In this economy half bread is better than none.

Meanwhile, today's my birthday, it won't hurt you all to wish me a happy birthday.
HBD W U LLNP IJN

Happy Birthday, all the best wishes.

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by sweetilicious(f): 9:28am On Aug 11, 2016

Nigeria of now needs creativity to survive this recession. Salaries of government workers and slashed. Nigeria needs total revival as soon as possible. Some able people are becoming depressed.

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by nuelyoyo(m): 9:38am On Aug 11, 2016

Talius:
Ehya! Haven't they been paid?
In this economy half bread is better than none.

Meanwhile, today's my birthday, it won't hurt you all to wish me a happy birthday.

I know u want likes, but I will not just give u likes, I would quote. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I hope this would do ? or do u want more? grin

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Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by fanficgirl(f): 9:44am On Aug 11, 2016

bonechamberlain:
with all these tribalism, hate, nepotism etc I don't see that happening, it can only happen in a regional manner.

True, Nigeria is truly f**.

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Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by Talius(m): 9:52am On Aug 11, 2016

nuelyoyo:
I know u want likes, but I will not just give u likes, I would quote. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I hope this would do ? or do u want more?

It's enough o! Thanks my brother.

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by brojoshua: 10:36am On Aug 11, 2016

This is a sign of mismanagement and corruption in that corporation or organization again. Has it started to go the way the former transport organization of government used to die in Lagos and in Nigeria. You bet, Nigerians will always kill the organizations that supposed to sustain them, to provide jobs for them, by their corruption and wickedness and blindness. They are parasites that always kill and destroy the tree that supposed to sustains them, which is self destruction. No wonder our society is like this. And will not the government immediately do something reasonable about the corporation before the employees and particularly the leaders mismanage , and steal the money of, the corporation and kill it, as they usually do.

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by classicniyen: 11:20am On Aug 11, 2016

u people are a theif how did u spent ur last month salary

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Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by philiemekanweme: 11:24am On Aug 11, 2016

miketayo:
Y are u an olodo. How does this concern Yoruba's. Your English though

Let us still give our President Mohammed Buhari some time to get the Nigerian Economy back on track. The damage has been done over the past years and it would take some time to correct the ills , but HE has started fine through the fight on corruption and recovery of looted funds ( Our Common Wealth).

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by classicniyen: 11:26am On Aug 11, 2016

u people are a theif how did you spent ur last mont salary

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by philiemekanweme: 11:30am On Aug 11, 2016

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by SafeAlhaji(m): 11:44am On Aug 11, 2016

Talius:
Ehya! Haven't they been paid?
In this economy half bread is better than none.

Meanwhile, today's my birthday, it won't hurt you all to wish me a happy birthday.

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Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by Yahami(m): 12:10pm On Aug 11, 2016

THERE MONEY DEY ITALY DEY SERVE OTHER PURPOSE!!!, GUEST WHICH PURPOSE....

Re: Lagos BRT Drivers: We Can’t Drive On Empty Stomachs by philiemekanweme: 12:16pm On Aug 11, 2016

Please settles these BRT Staff ( Drivers ) by paying theme their Salaries, so that they can go back to work , and save us a lot of hassles commuting to work daily. We are suffering so much without these lagbuses in operation complementing the yellow Danfo Buses.