Lagos State Government To Employ 1000 Graduates As Bus Conductors

The National President of the Bus Conductors Association of

Nigeria, BCAN, Comrade Israel Ade Adeshola through the

Lagos State ministry of transportation said it would employ

1000 graduates from different Universities as Bus

Conductors.

  Comrade Adeshola in an interview with Vanguard also

disclosed that the new policy of the Lagos state government

under the leadership of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is

collaborating with the association to give Bus Conducting

profession a new look.

  

  According to him, “presently Lagos state government through

the Lagos State Drivers Institute, LASDRI is training and

accrediting conductors in the state, adding that after the

training the graduands would be employed as Bus Conductors

and would be on the payroll of the government with a salary

worth of N50,000 per month.

  “The objective is to make the job of bus conducting attractive,

respected and dignified as obtainable globally”, he said.

Adeshola explained that there is a project in the pipeline by

the state government to change the face of transportation

system to enhance security and also provide employment

opportunity in the state.

  Speaking on the vision of the association, he said, since the

establishment in 2008, it has been working relentlessly with

the federal government through the national assembly as well

as some state governments to establish its presence.

Source:- Vanguard