LAGBUS Asset Management Company, operators of Lagos metropolitan red buses, on Sunday expressed willingness to engage more females as drivers in its fleet.
Babatunde Disu, Managing Director of LAGBUS, gave this indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Disu also said that the company is ready to train any lady or woman interested in driving the metropolitan buses.
According to him, successful female drivers would be certified by the Lagos State Drivers Institute (LASDRI) before a bus would be allocated them.
According to him, successful female drivers would be certified by the Lagos State Drivers Institute (LASDRI) before a bus would be allocated them.
Meanwhile, one of the female bus drivers, Rose Joseph, a mother of two,has urged passenger to see them as a professional and always encourage them.
”Area boys and men on uniform harass us, sometimes at non-designated bus stops, sometimes when we are trying to help passengers. Although its challenging, but you need to be focused and determined; the management even gave some considerations to women,’’ Joseph said.
”Area boys and men on uniform harass us, sometimes at non-designated bus stops, sometimes when we are trying to help passengers. Although its challenging, but you need to be focused and determined; the management even gave some considerations to women,’’ Joseph said.
Abimbola Agbekola, an accountant and a graduate from University of Lagos, also a driver, urged females to join the programme and make living from it, adding that“what a man can do, a woman can do better.”
Agbekola said driving articulated vehicles, such as the LAGBUS is a way of empowering the female gender ”My husband saw the advert in a road show organised by the management and he told me when he got back home, and advised me to apply because he knows I have passion for driving.
”You may not have driving skill but management of LAGBUS will train you and you will be certified by LASDRI.This is an opportunity for female gender to empower themselves and make life better, instead of waiting for their husband to do everything for them,” she said.
”You may not have driving skill but management of LAGBUS will train you and you will be certified by LASDRI.This is an opportunity for female gender to empower themselves and make life better, instead of waiting for their husband to do everything for them,” she said.
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