Lagos State government would employ graduates to drive its Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, the incoming governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said.
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Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Saturday at a dinner party held at Wheatbaker Hotel in Ikoyi organised to honour him by his course mates in 1999/2000 MBA class of University of Lagos.
When asked by one of the organisers how he was going to tackle the menace of BRT drivers on Lagos roads, the soon-to-be governor said his plan was to employ graduates as drivers and motivated them by paying them well.
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According to him, “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 between N80,000 and N100,000 to come and drive these buses because we expect a lot more decency.”
