The Lagos State Government has terminated its agreement with the first BRT cooperative run by the National Union of Road Transport Workers from the Mile12 to CMS BRT corridor.
The termination is with immediate effect.
According to NAN, the termination was announced via a statement signed by the state’s Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, on Thursday in Lagos. Parts of the statement read, “The termination of the franchise agreement with the operator is sequel to breaches of the BRT operations Service Level Agreement it signed with the state government, despite years of discussions and engagement to ensure SLA was adhered to.
“Though the SLA requires a one month notice prior to its termination, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, custodian of the agreement, had indeed given a three-month notice which the operator failed to honour”.
“The state government on September 29, 2015 served the operator with a notice of termination of the franchise of the agreement.
“The operator pleaded for time to be able to identify other corridors and remove all its buses from the depot, a commitment it failed to uphold”.
