THE Lagos State Government has terminated the franchise it issued to the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to operate a Bus Rapid Transit scheme between Mile 12 and CMS corridor of the state.
The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, on Thursday said the government decided to terminate the agreement because of non-compliance with operational plans stipulated in the franchise by the First BRT Cooperative (FBC), owned by the NURTW.
He said, “The termination of the franchise agreement with the operator is sequel to breaches of the BRT Service Level Agreement (SLA) it signed with the state government. We have been talking with FBC for years to ensure the SLA was adhered to, all to no avail.
“Though the SLA requires a one-month notice prior to its termination, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, custodian of the agreement, gave a three-month notice, which the operator failed to honour.”
“This has led to incessant complaints by members of the public over poor services provided by the operator and the deployment of vehicles not safe for use.
The commissioner said that the breaches, which the operator had indulged in and failed to remedy despite being notified of them, had made the state government to decide to order the operator out of the corridor in the interest of the public.
Source/Credit: Punch
Source/Credit: Punch
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