The Lagos State government has put a peg on the numbers of passengers that can be aboard commercial vehicles in one of the latest measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The decision, which was arrived at alongside the National Union of Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, according to the State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Olanrewaju Elegushi; and Special Adviser to Governor Babajiide Sanwo-Olu on Transportation, Toyin Fayinka, in a statement they released on Saturday.
The statement reads in part: “No standing of commuters in all public transport buses including the high capacity buses. Mini buses should have not more two passengers seated in a row.
“The transport unions should ensure that sanitisers and thermometers are available at their respective motor parks. Transport unions are to report any suspected case of COVID-19 to the government.
“The unions were urged to observe the state government’s latest guidelines banning large gatherings of people to protect the health and safety of Lagosians.”
In the same vein, the Federal Road Safety Corps restricted the number of passengers on the backseat of a commercial bus to three in one of the preventive measure against contracting the pandemic.
