AGBERO A Social menace.
The Nigeria Union of road transport workers, mostly referred to as agbero is constituting social menace and serious hardship to drivers that suppose to be their members and commuters alike.

Most of us know the modus operandi of this Union which include and not limited to collection of various taxes from drivers at every bus stops.

Member of any Union is expected to benefit some welfarism from affiliated Union, alas no driver could lay claim to this. Membership of this Union is not voluntary, rather it is by coercion.

The operation of this Union has dealt a heavy blow on the transportation system of this Nation and that of Lagos state in particular.
A daily newspaper has done an in depth analysis on rate at which the drivers are being exploited by this Union. See this link. http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/04/how-transport-unions-exploit-transporters-commuters/

On the average, a commercial mini bus pays to the union an average of #4,000 while he goes home with less than #2,000 daily. This activity is noticeable on intra city operations. Only one unit of a park collects average of #400,000 for nurtw.
This action is having negative impact on the society:

The drivers would not be able to maintain their buses adequately, hence the rickety nature of most commercial vehicles, this potend danger to passengers and other road users.

Commuters are paying far too much fare for their commuting without commensurable comfortability during such trip.
In some developed cities of the world, transportations are being subsidized for commuters, but in Nigeria, commuters are being exploited while Nigerian government look the other way.

The appeal now is that government should look into activities of this Union with a view to moderate it, so that drivers are not impoverished by the activities of the Union.

Hopefully Buhari can give all these jobless youth jobs and therir #5000 so we can hear word.

Agberos are local terrorists

I'd be back

This issue is largely tied to our value system.

Majority of vehicles are hire purchased, meaning after payment of installmental dues, there will be no money for repairs. Govt should come to the rescue.