Lagos transporters won’t join Wednesday’s labour strike—MC Oluomo

<p>Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages (LASPG), Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo), has announced that the Lagos transporters will not join the planned August 2nd NLC strike.</p>, <p>Rather, MC Oluomo announced on Tuesday at a meeting with transport union leaders and operators, that the relief package cuts across commercial bus drivers and passengers.</p>, <p>He said the tickets sold to drivers at parks for N800 would now be N600 and all bookings would be reduced by 25 per cent.</p>, <p>For passengers, Akinsanya said routes which used to attract N500 transport fare would now be charged at N300 while commuters previously paying N200 would now pay N150.</p>, <p>He added that commercial motorcycle (okada) and tricycle (Keke Marwa) operators would enjoy 25 per cent reduction on the tickets bought from the union.</p>, <p>He announced that a task force has been put in place to monitor the implementation of the directive.</p>, <p>The LASPG chairman urged various parks and garages’ executives to ensure compliance, warning that sanctions would be meted out to defaulters.</p>, <p>The task force will be led by all members of state executives, parks’ chairmen and selected union leaders.</p>, <p>He said that agency would do everything in its power not to inconvenient the masses.</p>, <p>He said the directive was a follow-up to an earlier announcement by the state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on bus fare reduction.</p>, <p>Akinsanya said about 50,000 members of the agency would not be joining Nigeria Labour Congress’ (NLC) planned protest on Wednesday.</p>, <p>He said: “We, the state executives and the entire members of the Lagos State Parks and Garages met today (Tuesday) in Lagos to review the situation in the country, particularly in Lagos, following the oil subsidy removal by the Federal Government.</p>, <p>“After much deliberations and review, we discussed the high costs of foods, transport fares and other areas of public interest, in particular the plan by the organised labour, i.e., the Nigeria Labour Congre