Adenitan Akinola
The leadership of Commercial Minibus Drivers’ commonly known as ‘Korope’ in Osogbo, are lamenting the pains being experienced by motorists and Nigerians due to fuel subsidy removal.
The Drivers stormed the popular Olaiya flyover on Wednesday, where they expressed their grievances and shortages that have befallen them due to increase in the cost of petrol.
The commercial drivers who refused to attend to commuters in the early hours of the day in Protest to the economic situation, however resolved to create four major bus stop within Osogbo metropolis, mandating all their members to start loading passengers at the newly created Bus stops for ease of fuel consumption management.
According to them the new development was due to the hike in the new pump price of PMS.
Speaking with our correspondent, the Vice Chairman of Mini bus drivers, Osogbo unit, Mr Abodele Lateef said “we decide to create a routes/ bus-stops for all mini buses in Osogbo so that we can have little money for fuel.
“Now we divide the route into four places.
“Those plying Ola-Iya, Ogo-Oluwa , Abeere , Owode-Ede will carry passengers from there and then turn back from garage Ilesha , Owode will pick passengers from there and then turn back with passengers, those from Ota Efun and others will also do the same Oke-fia, Dada Estate will drop their passengers and turn back so that we won’t be wasting too much fuel this will take effect from Thursday.
“This route initiation and what we are doing today is just to create awareness for people to know.
“Our step does not affect the government of the State because we know we are in the State capital and we can’t stop korope from working so it would not affect the people who will be going to work”.
Our correspondent reports that many passengers were stranded, as a result of the development.
Speaking on the pump price hike, a commercial motorist who identified himself as Taofeek, lamented the hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy.
He noted that even when the subsidy was first removed, majority of the commercial drivers could not afford the N500 price initially implemented.
Taofeek, said majority of them receive the increment in the pump price in a shock adding that “we do not expect more hardship than what we are currently experiencing,”
He therefore appealed to the government to provide respite that will cushion the effect of the hardship on citizenry.
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