wheel in BRT buses.
Lagos State Government has reportedly employed 80 female drivers to be
part of its Lagos Bus Asset Management Company, LAGBUS, also known as
BRT.
According to LAGBUS General Manager for fleet operations,Seyi Osiyemi,
is to empower the female folks who have what it takes to drive the
buses while also checking the excesses of the male drivers who are
said to be reckless, dare-devil and careless.
The move is also aimed at encouraging women to have interest in
driving the LAGBUS buses.
We employed the female drivers to encourage the women who have
interest in driving the LAGBUS buses.
These 80 female have started their training on driving from the
basics. These ladies do not have driving experience. We will first
train them on how to drive car. After that, they will graduate to
smaller buses; after which they will learn how to drive the big bus.
We expect this process to take between 3- 6 months. The ultimate plan
is to have them driving the LAGBUS, the red bus.
It takes a lot of time for people to embrace it. We had about 200
women who filled application forms, so we short-listed and started
with these first 80.
We are also recruiting more males because we are refurbishing 180
buses which will be added to the fleet.
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