Lagos buses served 52 million passengers in 5 years, says MD

The CEO of Lagos Bus Services Limited, Idowu Oguntona, announced that the company’s buses have transported an impressive 52 million passengers over the past five years.

This achievement was acknowledged and praised by Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos, who recognized the company’s significant contributions to revolutionizing the state’s transportation system.

According to a statement released on Monday, Commissioner Oluwaseun Osiyemi expressed his praise and appreciation for Lagos Bus Services Limited’s achievements during a fitness walk and health check event organized by the company on Friday.

Oguntona disclosed that the company had so far covered over 27 million kilometres and constantly provided mobility for 60,000 Lagos residents on daily basis.

The Managing Director, who disclosed that the transport company had so far transported more than 52 million people in five years, said that Lagos residents should expect a wider coverage of the operations of the company in the coming years.

While speaking further, the MD said, “In keeping in line with the vision of President Bola Tinubu on a clean and green economy, it means that public transportation will be running on clean energy, leveraging the huge gas possibility that we have to power our buses. We have started a pilot with the private sector under the leadership of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority to see how the buses can perform in our environment.”

In May, Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation Oluwaseun Osiyemi expressed the state’s backing for the Federal Government’s Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Initiative during a summit held in Lagos.

He said, “Our transport policy would not only guide but would encourage investment in the space of the CNG. We are also very much aware that to make this grow as rapidly as we want, we must encourage the private sector. We will bring comfort to investors.”