PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM * Nigeria
* El-Rufai Buses - a NightmareNigeria -AllAfrica.com (Washington,DC,USA) -20 December 2007: -- The Nation Wide Transport Scheme, popularly known as "el-Rufai bus," is becoming a nightmare to the community instead of the assistance for which it was bought. The service modus operandi of the bus is now a thing of concern to the commuters... First and foremost, the bus employees seem to always be "aggressive" or "irritated" if I may use these words. A simple task of allowing passengers to board the vehicle is an issue. I believe that a vehicle has its limits, that is, the maximum number of seats; but in this particular bus, passengers are "jam-packed" beyond the maximum that the bus can take. When the seats are occupied, passengers are made to stand in the bus and in some instances, the number of passengers that stand is usually very alarming. I say alarming because the way people are stacked could be hazardous to the health of the passengers who might be in the bus for about an hour or so... Another issue is that of the employee's attitude to work. The way they conductors talk to passengers is not encouraging at all. The other day, I happened to board one of the buses, when the conductor was pushing the passengers into the bus. In an effort to create more standing space for more passengers, the conductor stepped on an elderly man's shoes. Upon complaining, a fight ensued between the conductor and another passenger. The result was a battered face that I'm sure will end up in stitches, even though the case was reported to the police, who knows what will come out of the police case? The conductor was actually bragging that he will show the passenger, may be because he is an employee with the company; he wants to intimidate the passenger... (Photo from www.motherlandnigeria.com)
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