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Here is the New BRT Fare price as announced by the Lagos state government... The price effect begins today

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I have tried to modify since, but no! Error message

Hmmmmmmm

3rd position is not bad.

edo kopa

For.... Oluwaseun

Ok finally ftc

THERE IS NO TIME IN THIS COUNTRY ,THINGS WILL ALWAYS BE CHEAP
EVERY HERE AND THERE , THINGS ARE ALWAYS ON THE HIGH

But mean while shebi dem talk say dollar don fall
Runna out a thread to check current exchange rate

With minimum wage of 18k you will have to pray, fast and keep vigil ad infinitum to survive in lasgidi.

Recession don reach government agencies.

The change has come

When shall these Association of ProgreTHIEF Criminals, APC also publish the fares for the light rail and start moving people across the metropolis with them
Abi our tax money don enter voice mail with the $1 billion borrowed from the World Bank ni?

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TTC in talks to sell old trains to Lagos. Are they safe enough?
AUGUST 10, 2011

As Toronto trainspotters gleefully take maiden rides on the TTC's Rocket, commuters in Lagos, Nigeria may be about to get some new trains of their own. Our old ones.

A TTC spokesperson has confirmed that the commission is negotiating with a private group to sell up to 260 used train cars to the West African megacity's new transit project.

"I can confirm that the TTC is in discussion with a third party that wants to purchase trains for Lagos," said commission spokesperson Brad Ross. "Over a period of time, they will be taken out of service and then transported over to Nigeria."

The cars being considered for sale are the TTC's old H-5 and H-6 models, which will be decommissioned as the TTC rolls out its new fleet of Rockets. Ross predicts the earliest they could be shipped to Nigeria is sometime in 2012.

Traffic snarls are already a major economic problem in the Nigerian capital, a booming city that will reach an estimated population of 25 million by 2015. A new above-ground rail system designed to carry 1.5 million people a day has already broken ground, and Lagos Governor Babtunde Fashola has said it "will be the most multi-dimensional and most impactful" of the government's efforts to reduce traffic congestion.

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.

The Lagos deal would be the first of its kind for the TTC. Decommissioned cars are usually sold for scrap metal and can fetch up to $1,500 dollar each. While Ross declined to discuss specific figures, he says the sticker price for Lagos is "significantly more" than scrap prices, putting the potential profits to the TTC in the millions of dollars.

It is not unusual for technology from western nations to end up in poorer countries. Marketplaces in Africa and Asia are flooded with North American clothes, computers, and even cars, but the purchase of larger technology like trains is rarer.

The cars will have to be significantly refurbished to fit existing infrastructure in Lagos, and some Nigerian media reports have lamented that the government appears to have settled on "tokundo," or used, trains instead of brand new vehicles.

Although half the cars are more than 30 years old, Ross is adamant they are perfectly safe and are only being decommissioned for capacity reasons. But he also itted the TTC is not required to make sure the cars meet any safety standards before selling them.

"Once sold, it's up to the new operator to ensure they are in good working order," he said. "They do need to be maintained much more frequently than the new trains, simply because of their age. At some point they will run out their useful life."

Murtaza Haider, director of the Institute of Housing and Mobility at Ryerson University, said the age of the cars is definitely a cause for concern.

"We should be ensuring that there is some service life left in these vehicles and we're not going to be playing havoc with the lives of those who would ride these vehicles," Haider said. "There's metal fatigue, and that metal fatigue could result in dangerous conditions. I would be paying a close watch on this for the next ten years to see how many accidents do happen in Lagos."

He also warned that while rail systems are glamorous as far as transit infrastructure goes, they are not always as effective at reducing congestion as other options. Nevertheless, new rail systems are frequently preferred because governments can take advantage of kickbacks from large contracts.

According to media reports, the cost estimates for the Lagos rail project have varied wildly from $1.2 billion to $30 billion. In 2010, a Nigerian government watchdog accused Fashola's government of widespread corruption.

"More often than not, politicians favour rail transit because it is more expensive," Haider said. "It's almost useless in some cases, and less productive in most cases, than a bus system. But you can't buy busses for $30 billion. You can inflate prices and make a lot of money buying a rail system."

From: https://nowtoronto.com/news/next-stop-nigeria/

Change

Eko ni gba je o

Continue to increase very soon una go pack that yeye thing commot for road

Are you kidding me

Then, there should be increase in salary too.

Why is the increament for Dopemu to Ikeja/Maryland that high?

Also ikorodu to Fadeyi. The price increament is too high. What rational did they use to arrive at the new cost?

This definetly isn't pro populace. There should be a downward review.

I don't bloody care. wetin concern me and Lagos

In this recession again, I pray they use the money for other developments in the state.

Change is on the landscape and brt cannot be left untouched

Hmmm

Funny enuf brt blue bus don't ply most of this road listed above... Few lagbus does..

For me, the prices are fair (comfortability) but Lasg can do better.

as long as its comfortable

What is the fare if u stop in between?

Thought this is a special intervention programs by the LASG to mitigate cost and time of transport in Lagos. Is it in the blood of APC everywhere to inflict more pains and hardship on the citizenry? What actually informed this price increase?

APC pity Nigerians naa. Na waoooo

THEY ARE NOT HAPPY THAT THEY HAVE CUSTOMER PEOPLE NOW STAND ON THEIR BRT I KNOW USAGE WOULD REDUCE

Is d increase cos of the meals they intend to share to engers or what?

Over 100 percent Increase some of these fares?too bad!!!!!

things are getting more difficult day by day!!

It is noted.

dopemu to ikeja 200? boda ambode why na? thats too much

Seen,

mogboyelade:
Then, there should be increase in salary too.

You go wait tire for that one.
Abi you be legisLOOTER ni
Salary increase alone is not the issue. The salary of politicians and their Aides must also be REDUCED to no more than 10 times the equivalent civil service level.



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No be lagosian taxes ambode and tinubu take buy brt buses?These people wicked gan.