- LAGBUS Asset Management Company, operators of Lagos metropolitan red buses, on Sunday, said that it was ready to engage more females as drivers in its fleet.
- The Managing Director of LAGBUS, Mr Babatunde Disu, gave this indication in Lagos.
Disu noted that female drivers were more caring and careful, adding that being gender sensitive, would facilitate the realisation of the mandate of the company.“We are interested in getting more female drivers because they take good care of our buses and are more careful on the roads. We want more of them to come into the system; we are calling on those who are interested to apply,” he said.
- Disu also said that the company was ready to train any lady or woman, who was interested in driving the metropolitan buses.
- He said that successful ones would be certified by the Lagos State Drivers Institute (LASDRI) before a bus would be allocated them.