Lagos State To Employ 1000 Graduates As Bus Conductors

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.
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