The Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria have today begun a seven-day boycott of Lagos roads in protest of extortion by the management of motor parks and garages in the state.
The national leader of the association, Akintade Abiodun, said that the chairman of the Lagos state parks and garages management committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, amongst others has refused to obey a standing court order, which kicked against extortion or paying persons he described as thugs at each bus-stops in the area of the state.
The seven days boycott is a form of an ultimatum to the government to adhere to their demands, which includes an end to the collection of levies at every bus-stops, and the creation of new bus stops to enable them to avoid arrest by Lagos State Traffic Management Authority task force (LASTMA).
Our correspondent who went around bus parks observed that other means of transportation such as motorcycles and tricycles have increased fares to over 150 percent.
