Just In - Lagos State Govt To Employ 1000 Nigeria 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 graduates 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.