COVID-19: BRT Management Announces New Sitting Arrangement Effective Monday

The Management of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos has declared that only 20 commuters with face masks per bus from Monday, 4 May 2020 to contain further spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Managing Director of the firm, Mr. Fola Tinubu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday, 2 May 2020 that the 21st person on board would be the driver.

Tinubu, however, said that the company would not sell short-distance tickets as from Monday, adding that short-distance commuters that wished to use the service must be ready to pay for the longest distance tickets on their route.

The BRT Boss moved further to say that the company has dumped the old tickets for short distances commuters that were to pay N100 and N150 but urged every commuter to get ready to pay N200, N250, or N300 as boarding and paying for transportation now will depend on the commuters’ route.

“We are going to carry only 20 passengers per bus, the 21st person on the bus will be the driver starting from Monday.

“We will space them zigzaggy; we will show them how to sit. We don’t want anybody to sit next to each other. There will be no air conditioner; we are going to open
the windows to allow enough ventilation.

“We will only be doing long distance; we will only be selling N200, N250, and N300 tickets. We will not be doing a short distance of N100 or N150 stuff. So, anybody that wants to do short distance will have to pay for the long-distance.

“We want to concentrate on the buses on the long-distance since we can only carry 20 people. We will not sell a ticket for a short distance at all,” he told NAN.

According to him, all the passengers must wear masks and sanitize their hands before they will be allowed to board buses.

He said while the firm would provide alcohol-based hand sanitizers before the trip and after the trip, passengers should provide the mask by themselves.