LAGOS SACKS NURTW BUSES FROM IKORODU BRT CORRIDOR

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Some of the NURTW blue buses barred from Ikorodu road.

Emmanuel Thomas




January 7, 2016 – Lagos State Government today reviewed the franchise it gave members of the National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW) to operate Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) along the Mile 12 to CMS corridor in the state. Under the new arrangement, NURTW buses are no longer allowed to ply BRT corridors on Ikorodu road.

Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Dayo Mobereola who disclosed this said the Lagos State Government’s decision to terminate the existing franchise was based on non-compliance by the BRT cooperative run by the National Union of Road Transport Workers with operational plans stipulated in the franchise.

“The termination of the franchise agreement with the operator is sequel to breaches of the BRT operations Service Level Agreement (SLA) it signed with the state government despite years of discussions and engagement to ensure the SLA was adhered to.

“Though the Service Level Agreement requires a one-month notice prior to its termination, but the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, (LAMATA), custodian of the agreement, had indeed given a three-month notice which the operator failed to honour.”

According to him, government’s decision communicated to the operator was premised on the inability of the operator to offer good public transport services to commuters on all-important BRT corridor.

“This has led to incessant complaints by members of the public over poor services provided by the operator and the deployment of vehicles not safe for use by the commuting public,” he added. Mobereola noted that the state government frowned at the non-operations of stipulated frequency schedules and operations of buses at below 50 per cent fleet capacity contrary to the agreement.

“The failure of first BRT Cooperative to comply with the terms of the franchise agreement has led to passengers experiencing poor service quality typified by extensive waiting time and having to endure use of dilapidated and unsafe buses”, he said.

He said that government on 29th September 2015 served the operators with a notice of termination of the franchise agreement, saying the operator had pleaded for time to be able to identify other corridor before removing all its buses from the depot.

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