Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen
Agbede, has advised drivers of commuter buses
popularly called danfo in the state not to panic or
entertain any fear over the state government's plan
to enforce a portion of the road traffic law which restricts drivers from driving for more than eight
hours at a stretch daily. Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr.
Kayode Opeifa had told journalists at a news
conference that the state government would begin
the enforcement of the eight hours restriction in
January 2014. Reacting to the government position, Agbede
explained that there was nothing new in the law as
drivers in the state had been using 'shift' method to
reduce stress before the state government came up
with the law. "I don't see anything new in the eight hours work
per day for commuter bus drivers. Already, most
drivers work on shift basis. A driver on morning
shift will drive from 6 a.m. till 12 p.m. and a driver
on afternoon shift will work from 12 p.m. till 7 p.m.,
while those on night shift drive from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. That has been the practise and it was meant to
give drivers and conductors time to relax and rest,"
Alhaji Agbede stated. He clarified that the law did not say that drivers
should not work beyond 8 p.m. "The traffic law did
not say drivers should not work beyond 8 p.m.," he
stressed. On the issue of driver's uniform and conductor's
badge, Agbede explained that discussion on them
is ongoing with the state government, adding that
drivers should not panic over it.
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