BREAKING NEWS| Commercial Drivers in Lagos suspend 7 Days warming strike.
BREAKING NEWS| Commercial Drivers in Lagos suspend 7 Days warming strike. By: Fashina Shakiru. Commercial drivers in Lagos state under the umbrella of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association Of Nigeria (JDWAN), have suspended a 7-day warming strike set to hold on Monday. The transport services in protest against arbitrary levies imposed; excessive extortion, over-taxation, and harassment of drivers at bus stops, garages and parks in the state. According to the, Ajimatanarareje Feyisayo, General Secretary of JDWAN said, “The governor called us yesterday, and we were directed to the Parks Management Committee headed by retired AIG Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation also called us yesterday.” “We tendered our complaints to them and they appealed to us that they will call us for dialogue, that we should hold on, until when they will call the other parties concerned with our issue, to hear from them before they call all of us for a round table to iron things out." “Since the government has called us to intervene in the matter, we decided to put our strike on hold until when then the government will call all of us. They promised to call us this coming week. If they resolve it, that means the strike will not go on, but pending the time they resolve the issue, we’ve put the strike on hold.” Meanwhile, the proposed warning strike suspended after a meeting the Association with the representative of Lagos State Government on Friday. The seven-day boycott according to the association starts on Monday, October 31 and will end on November 6, 2022, now be suspended.
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