Ahead of his swearing May 29, Lagos state governor-elect, Babajide SanwoOlu has vowed to upgrade the operations of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) for efficiency and restore dignity to the job. He also said he will up drivers’ salary to N100k.

SanwoOlu gave the commitment at an interactive session with his UNILAG coursemates (Class of 1998/2000) over the weekend.

His classmates who gifted him a policy document which details specific directions and initiatives on how to raise the bar of the state over the course of his administration had asked him about what he intends to do regarding the inefficiency of the BRT system.

Responding, SanwoOlu said, “The BRT issue is something that has to do with culture. When we take over, by the Grace of God, we will advertise and see if we can employ some of our graduates as drivers.
What I realised is that apart from the money we will be paying them, which is more than what they are paying an average graduate, we need to very quickly tell our people and encourage ourselves that there is dignity in work. We are going to be paying (them) between N80,000 and N100,000 to come and drive these buses because we expect a lot more decency.

“By the time we get the culture of the drivers’ right, the routes are coming up, by the time we finish the Abule-Egba/Iyana Ipaja/Ikeja route, it will boost the number of BRT (buses).”

SanwoOlu, among other thing promised to eradicate gridlock for which the state is notorious within theb shortest time possible.

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