Some passengers are lamenting the long wait for Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) vehicles at the designated bus stop in Ikorodu.
They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the weekend that waiting for over two hours to board the buses was not good enough.
According to them, the long wait constituted a health risk.
A trader, Yomi Ogunade, whose shop is on Lagos Island, said he queued for over two hours, to board a bus from Ikorodu to CMS through the Yaba route.
“I got here at 8:34am, but only boarded the BRT bus at 10:43am. I can tell you that this has been a regular occurrence for months now.
“There is need for Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to address the time we have to queue before boarding buses here,” he said.
A teacher, Alhaja Ramat Ayomide, urged the BRT operators to increase the number of buses on the Ikorodu route.
She said her blood pressure usually went up every morning because of the stress she went through to board the bus.
“I hope our government considers the long time we wait to enter the BRT bus. This is economically disadvantageous to the state’s purse and even its image.
“Many commuters no longer have confidence to use the BRT, hence they have moved to patronise the commercial buses.
“The operators of the BRT will lose huge revenue when those who patronise it are decreasing in large numbers,”Ayomide said.
She said the lack of seats for those waiting for the buses gave the impression that the BRT management was insensitive.
At the BRT bus stop in Ketu, a commuter, Mr. John Okoro, said he was on the “standing side queue” for over two hours on Wednesday.
“Those who preferred to sit from here will have to queue longer, so most of us just join the standing queue to shorten our waiting to board time,” he said.
At Anthony bus stop, a banker, Mrs Helen Egunjobi, said she never hoped to get to sit from there because the buses were always overcrowded.
“The moment I buy my ticket, I just take the bus that stops at that moment,” she said, adding: “The buses that stop to pick passengers here are never having seats, except on Sundays.”
At the Fadeyi Park, a civil servant, Mr Akin Ajibade, criticised the policy disallowing Fadeyi-bound BRT buses to proceed onward to CMS.
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