The Joint Drivers’ Welfare Association of Nigeria has announced that its seven-day strike in Lagos State will begin on Monday due to an inability to reach an agreement with the state government.
According to Ayo Ademiluyi, the group’s lawyer, the group has been subjected to indiscriminate extortion and violent harassment by the management of parks and garages in the state.
“As commercial drivers in Lagos State under the aegis of JDWAN, we are left with no choice but to embark on seven days of protest and boycott of services over multiple and excessive extortions by the management of parks and garages in the state,” the statement read in part.
“We have informed members of the public and the Lagos State Government about multiple and excessive extortions by the management of motor parks and garages.”
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“The cost of transportation affects the cost of goods and services, and thus the cost of living, which has risen astronomically in Lagos State due to motor parks’ excessive and illegal ticketing and tolling at almost every bus stop.”
The group claimed that motor park ticketing cost its members half of their income and that they were arrested when they refused to pay the tickets.
“We kick against paying motor park thugs at every bus stop; harassment of law enforcement agencies & intimidation with guns, cutlasses, broken bottles by LASTMA, task force, and RRS must end immediately; we demand that the Lagos State Government provide official bus stops in each community to avoid incessant arrests and stress for commuters who complain of having to trespass,” the group said.
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