No fewer than 200 faulty buses operating under the Lagos State Bus Rapid Transport (BRT)system are being repaired by the state government, Governor Babatunde Fashola, has said.
Fashola, who disclosed this on Saturday in Ikeja at a programme to commemorate his administration’s 2,300 days in office, said they were being repaired at a government facility in Ojota.
He said the government took the step because of the rickety nature of the vehicles and the need to provide residents full access to the BRT services at all times. While pledging government’s resolve to undertake regular maintenance of the buses, the governor warned residents against vandalising them. “You vandalise these buses because you are angry, because you are protesting. This is not right. It adds to the problem of bad buses and the access we are talking about,” he said. Fashola stressed that the government would provide more buses and revive water transportation by improving infrastructure and acquiring more ferries. According to him, government intervention has facilitated the movement of more than 1.8 million passengers monthly through the 44 ferries operated by different licenced companies in the state. He said the 59 additional ferries would be provided to widen water transport services in Lagos. Former governors of the state, civil society groups, politicians and the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, were among the prominent people that graced the occasion.
