Many commuters were stranded in Lagos State on Monday as commercial bus drivers went on strike for seven days.
The strike is in response to alleged extortion by men in charge of motorparks and garages in the state.
Recall that the commercial drivers in Nigeria’s economic nerve centre, Lagos State, under the umbrella of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association Of Nigeria (JDWAN), had declared a 7-day boycott of transport services in protest against arbitrary levies imposed on members by the State government.
According to the Association, the seven-day boycott would start on Monday, October 31 and end on November 6, 2022.
The Association, in a statement signed by its National Leader, Akintade Abiodun, lamented the payment of illegal fees and the collection of high levies from their members by government officials, which they claimed had increased the cost of living in Lagos.