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Lagos to reform bus segment, to phase out one-bus ownership

Abiola Odutola by Abiola Odutola
December 2, 2020
in Business News
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Frederic Oladeinde

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Lagos State government has disclosed its plans to reform the bus segment of its transportation sector. The reform is to move the state from one bus ownership to a corporation.

This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Transport, Fredrick Oladeinde, during a webinar organized by the Cyno Group recently, which was attended by Nairametrics.

During the webinar, the Commissioner explained that the government’s plan is to reform the bus sector in such a way that Lagos will be divided into seven zones and “bucket of routes” would be franchised to regulated operators.

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Transition from one bus owner to corporation

Oladeinde explained that part of the reform is to move the transportation business in the state from what he described as one bus owner to a corporation, which will run bus transportation in Lagos.

According to him, the reform has started with Primero and had also brought in TSL, and then over time will ramp up.

He said, “For the Danfo drivers, the plan is to get them to form a cooperative. The NURTW has formed a cooperative called ‘Amalgamated’ and so that will now become an entity that we will give a franchise to.

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“The population of Lagos would rise to 35 million in the next ten years, generating 40 million trips daily, and currently, 97% of transportation is on road.

“It’s important that we diversify the trips that we make. Of the trips that we make, 13.2 million that we make today are public transport trips, of which Danfo (buses) cater for 80% – not a good story.”

The Commissioner said the solution to the perennial traffic congestion in Lagos is the development of a rapid mass transport system that includes rail, BRT and water.

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Fate of okada, tricycles

The Commissioner emphasized that commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada, and tricycles are not part of the state’s transport master plan.

He said, “The Last Mile will take the place of Okadas and tricycles. It will take you into the inner community and into the inner roads, and these are what we call the local government roads.”

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More roundabouts to go

Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s led administration will further dismantle more roundabouts and junctions on roads across the state to solve the perennial Lagos traffic, and reduce the travel time of commuters in the state.

He said, “At the current population of 22 million, you will discover that most of our roundabouts are now bottlenecks; rather than solving problems, they are now creating problems.

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“And what the current administration has done is to locate all the 60 gridlock points, that is the roundabouts and junctions that are causing problems and what we are doing is to reconfigure most of them.

“We are now moving further to Abraham Adesanya, which is another choke point, and we’ve taken out that roundabout and in the next one month we will complete it. That will complement the Jubilee Bridge that was developed around Sangotedo, Ajah area.”

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Waterways

Oladeinde said, “The water terminals will be linked to a bus station, so that as you get off the terminal, you are able to board your bus and get to your final destination.”

What to expect

Despite the fact that the reform will boost the status of the state towards becoming a Mega City; it would generate some controversies, especially among Okada and Tricycles riders.

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Comments 6

  1. David Lloyd says:
    December 2, 2020 at 1:51 pm

    Adding buses that are bigger than motorcycles makes traffic worse not better

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  2. Ayobami says:
    December 2, 2020 at 2:36 pm

    Good innitiative if properly delivered

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  3. Onyinye says:
    December 3, 2020 at 5:21 am

    Live and let the poor masses live too! Stop depriving the poor masses of their means of livelihood; you can’t be in government and street collect the menial jobs of transportation from these Danfo drivers for goodness sake. Let us learn to put ourselves in others shoes and make this world a better place for all.

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  4. Afolabi says:
    December 3, 2020 at 9:14 am

    This is a good initiative, will the NURTW (ALMAGAMATED) have all necessary vehicle particulars and 3rd Party Insurances too? Will their vehicles undergo vehicle inspection to ensure that only road worthy vehicles are allowed?

    The enforcement of traffic laws should be generic and consistent rather than selective and partial.

    Thank you

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  5. Jude says:
    December 3, 2020 at 10:19 am

    This is a move which if not adjusted or properly managed will lead to another mass unrest. Those danfo drivers; tricycle and okaka riders feed their families off their operations. They need to be better regulated; not just tossed away like trash. They won’t just go away into the night without a fight.

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  6. Oba says:
    December 4, 2020 at 9:30 am

    I feel the government can do more by letting the local governments collect the money that are being collected by the NURTW,with this initiative,the communities roads that are bad can be fixed in preparation for the new transport initiative.

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