Lagos state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has reaffirmed his promise to rid Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos of the so called yellow buses, popularly referred to as danfo.
The danfo has become quite the eyesore in a city of some 20 million persons; with their drivers flouting all traffic rules known to man.
Most of the accidents on the streets of Lagos can be traced to the danfo driver who sometimes has no side mirrors, no seat belts and is often punch drunk.
According to TheCable, Ambode made the pledge to bring the reign of terror of the danfo to an end while speaking at the 14th annual lecture of the Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL).
The Governor said he intends to create a “well-structured and world class mass transportation system that would facilitate ease of movement within the city”, once the danfo is no more.
Ambode was quoted as saying: “When I wake up in the morning and see all these yellow buses and see Okada and all kinds of tricycles and then we claim we are a mega city, that is not true and we must first acknowledge that that is a faulty connectivity that we are running.
“Having accepted that, we have to look for the solution and that is why we want to banish yellow buses this year. We must address the issue of connectivity that makes people to move around with ease and that is where we are going.
“For instance, people going from Ikorodu to CMS have started leaving their cars at home because the buses are very convenient and so why can’t we do that for other places? Yes, we don’t have the money to do that but we can go to the capital market and then improve on the technology of collection of fares and that will encourage investors and then the city will change.”
