With the exception of high fuel costs, the cost of public transport in Lagos mega city and life generally can be more tolerable without the self-styled transport unions and their excesses perennially harboured by the state government, Gbenga Salau reports.
According to the Lagos State Chairman of Self Employed Commercial Drivers Association of Nigeria , Job Abifarin, the dues collected by agberos have a huge impact on transporters, who routinely pass on the add-on cost to commuters. Tajudeen said: “When we get to major bus stops like Mile 2, Oshodi, and Mile 12 to pick passengers, the union officers often demand double or triple of the fee, and if a driver objects, he would be told to go elsewhere to pick passengers. For instance, in Mile 12, if it was the time to pay N500, the agbero will demand between N1,000 and N1,500, expecting that we raise the fare to N300 from N200. And if I insist on picking passengers for N200, I will be told to leave the park with my bus.
Indeed, the state government is not aware of the multiple collections. In January 2022, the state government, through its Commissioner for Finance, Rabiu Olowo, announced the introduction of N800 daily Consolidated Informal Transport Sector Levy. The commissioner said that the CITSL approach was an alignment with stakeholders and total restructuring of the transport system, a development that would further boost revenue generation in the state.
For instance, between FESTAC’s first gate and Mile 2, there used to be two collecting points, but four additional points have emerged, making it six collection points. At each of these points, drivers of articulated vehicles, trucks and pickups are made to pay more. Failure to comply would mean impounding such vehicles or destroying accessories.
Following the negative impact of the partial compliance to the drivers’ strike, many commuters were stranded on the first three days of the strike, which made the state government to call for another meeting with all the stakeholders on the issues raised.
So, how do you expect MC Oluomo to remain rich and also pay his senior agberos like Tinubu?
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