Lagos Commercial Bus Drivers Starts Seven-Days Strike

The Joint Drivers’ Welfare Association of Nigeria(JDWAN) has announced that it will start it’s seven-days strike in Lagos State on Monday as it was unable to reach an agreement with the state government.

The group, in a statement by its lawyer, Ayo Ademiluyi, made it known that it had been subjected to indiscriminate extortion and violent harassment by the management of parks and garages in the state.

The statement read in part, “As commercial drivers in Lagos State under the aegis of JDWAN, we are left with no choice than to embark on seven days of protest and boycott of services over multiple and excessive extortions by the management of parks and garages in the state.

“We have notified members of the public and the Lagos State Government over multiple and excessive extortions by the motor parks and garages management.

“The cost of transportation affects the cost of goods and services and consequently the cost of living, which has spiralled astronomically in Lagos State as a result of the effect of motor parks excessive and illegal ticketing and tolling at almost every bus stop.”