4th July, 2014
Eromosele Ebhomele
The Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, Commerce and Industry, Bisi Yusuf, has disclosed that most drivers of the State Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme are not fit to be drivers.
One of the drivers had on Friday morning, allegedly killed a military personnel on the lane. Soldiers immediately went on the rampage setting BRT buses ablaze and vandalising others at the Onipanu area of the state.
Yusuf, while reacting to the incident at the House, said there is a case involving a BRT driver before his committee currently.
He agreed that it was an offence for anyone to ply the BRT lane but more of an offence to kill anybody because he was plying the route.
“It is an offence for anyone to take the BRT lane, but killing is forbidden,” he said.
He said the committee has started looking into the issue and that sanctions would be placed where necessary.
Yusuf said he had personally witnessed the recklessness of some of the drivers, adding that he would also meet with the State Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, over the issue.